One of the biggest myths about drugs is that their use is new, purely recreational, or a way to escape reality. “In the good old days, people didn’t do drugs—that’s something for the lost youth,” a ...

The Eleusinian Mysteries are a set of traditions that have been practiced for 2000 years. The popular pseudo-religion invited all, accepting slaves, women, and men, regardless of financial standing ...

4th-century b.c. plaque depicting Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis, Greece ...

For over a thousand years, people from across the Mediterranean flocked to the temple of Eleusis in Greece to take part in a ritual so secretive that anyone caught talking about it was immediately ...

Hades, the god of the underworld; an abduction; a mysterious ritualistic cult that still remains shrouded in mystery, aka the Elusinian Mysteries and the love of a mother for her lost daughter – this ...

Legends and history -- Early history and remains -- Eleusis in the early centuries of the historic era -- The Peisistratean Period ca. 550-510 B.C. -- The Kimonian the Periklean Era, ca. 480-404 B.C. ...

In the perpetual rivalry between ancient Greek cities, one of the assets boasted by Athens was control of a numinous place called Eleusis, about 20km to its west. For centuries, seekers of ...

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