Ancient Mystery Cults

Walter Burkert

    Introduction

    1. Personal Needs in This Life and after Death

    2. Organization and Identities

    3. Theologia and Mysteries: Myth, Allegory, and Platonism

    4. The Extraordinary Experience

    Abbreviations

    Bibliography

    Notes

    Index of Greek Terms

    General Index

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Walter Burkert is Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.