From: joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller)
Subject: Re: Merlin, Mithras and Magick
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In-reply-to: Pegasus@aaa.uoregon.edu's message of 20 Apr 1993 18:43:14 GMT


In article <Pegasus-200493113800@fp1-dialin-1.uoregon.edu> 
Pegasus@aaa.uoregon.edu (Pegasus) writes:

>   In article <JOSHUA.93Apr19183833@bailey.cpac.washington.edu>,
>   joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) wrote:

>   > In article <Pegasus-150493132018@fp1-dialin-4.uoregon.edu> 
>   > Pegasus@aaa.uoregon.edu (LaurieEWBrandt) writes:

>   LEWB>> Lets add to those percentages 13-15% for the Orphaic docterians
>   brought LEWB>>to the group by Paul/Saul who was a high ranking initiate. On
>   the LEWB>>development of Orphaic Mysteries, see Jane Harrisons .Prolegomena
>   to the LEWB>>study of Greek religion. Cambridge U Press 1922. and you can
>   easly draw LEWB>>your own conclusions.

>   josh> perhaps you can quote just a bit of her argument?

>   Love to,but I must do it a bit later My copy of Harrison in packed, but the
>   last chapter as best as I can rember deals with Orphic mysteries and their
>   views of women though she does not come out and say it it is strongly
>   implyed that the Christian view was drawn heavly from the Orphic and other
>   Major cults of the time.

I would really appreciate if when someone brought something like
this up they didn't back out when someone asked for details.

have a day,
josh

