RELI 1731 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eleusinian Mysteries

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Religion
• Course: RELI 1731
• Professor: Tim Pettipeice

Document Summary

Eleusian mysteries show a transcendence of death. The motive behind the transformation of myths lies in what is death?". Ritual is the theatre of religion and myth. Violence is at the heart of many religious expressions. Through the act of ritual killing, the worshiper sees god in the heavy blow of the axe . Sacri cial killing is the basic experience of religion . Towards the end of antiquity, religion becomes more ethical. Animal sacri ces are meant to purify the human soul (as opposed to human sacri ce)