The Orphic Mysteries
"I am parched with thirst, and perishing,
But drink of me, the ever-flowing spring on the right, (where) there is a fair cypress.
Who are you? Where are you from?
I am a child of Earth and of starry Heaven, but my race is of Heaven (alone)."
- Orphic Lamella from Thessaly
Orphika: The Greek Mysteries of Orpheus
Redemptive Purification
ANCIENT GREEK MYSTICISM
The Orphic Mysteries <O:P> </O:P>
Greco-Roman Religion
Creative Power in Orphic Myths
