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Recaptures the magical vitality of the original Orphic Hymns.
As famous Renaissance philosopher Marsilio Ficino wrote, "No magic is more powerful than that of the Orphic Hymns." These legendary teletai of Orpheus were not simply "hymns"—they were initiatic poems for meditation and ritual, magical, and ceremonial use, each one addressed to a specific deity, such as Athena or Zeus, or a virtue, such as Love, Justice, and Equality. Yet despite the mystical concepts underlying them, the original hymns were formulaic, creating an obstacle for translators.
Recapturing the magical vitality that inspired mystery cults through the ages, Tamra Lucid and Ronnie Pontiac present new versions of the teletai that include important esoteric details and correspondences about the being or deity to which each hymn is addressed. The authors also include a new version of a lost hymn to Number and messages that were inscribed on golden leaves meant to be passports for the dead, reinventions that preserve the original magical intent and mysticism of the teletai. The authors provide a complete historical survey, based on the latest research, of the obscure origins and evolution of the Orpheus myth, revealing a profound influence at the heart of Western esotericism as well as on countercultures throughout Western history. Revealing the power of the individual hymns to attune the reader to the sacred presence of the Orphic Mysteries and the higher order of nature, the authors also show how, taken together, the Orphic Hymns are a book of hours or a calendar of life, addressing every event, from birth to death, and walking us through all the experiences of human existence as necessary and holy.
Contents
Introduction: An Experiment with the Orphic Hymns
1 The Mythology of Orpheus
2 Mysterious Orpheus
3 The Severan Dynasty
4 The Pagan Orpheus
5 The Orphic Mysteries
6 The Golden Leaves
7 The Night Gathering
8 Orpheus in the Renaissance
9 The Occult Orpheus
10 More Popular Than Ever
11 The Backward Glance
12 The Evolution of Eurydice
13 The Mystical Purpose
14 A Note on Incense
15 A Note on the Translation
Orphic Charms and the Sacred Songs of Orpheus
Orphic Charms
Messages on gold leaf buried with the dead, and a grand invocation.
The Sacred Songs of Orpheus
A poetic interpretation of the Orphic hymns with added details about the sacred correspondences of the gods.
Annotated Bibliography
Index of Orphic Charms and the Sacred Songs of Orpheus
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