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Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices [1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, [2] associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
The Derveni papyrus is an Ancient Greek papyrus roll that was discovered in 1962 at the archaeological site of Derveni, near Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia.A philosophical treatise, the text is an allegorical commentary on an Orphic poem, a theogony concerning the birth of the gods, produced in the circle of the philosopher Anaxagoras.
The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. [1] Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
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For the Greeks, Orpheus was a founder and prophet of the so-called "Orphic" mysteries. [11] He was credited with the composition of a number of works, including several theogonies, the Orphic Hymns, [12] the Orphic Argonautica, [13] the Lithica [14] and the Hexameter poem. [15] Shrines containing purported relics of Orpheus were regarded as ...
Blanchot's interpretation and use of the Orphic myth is to highlight the non-dialectical movement of art, and especially literature's, self-realization. Against Hegelian dialectics, Blanchot's Orpheus sacrifices Eurydice but does not attain the work, only the sacrifice of the work, and affirms the impossibility that grounds the work at its origin.
Omophagia was the focus of the Dionysiac mysteries, and a component of Orphic ceremonies. [12] In its beginnings, Orphism was influenced by the Eleusinian mysteries, [8] and it adopted stories from other mythologies as its own. [8] The worshippers of Zagreus may have engaged in omophagia as an initiation rite. [13]
His philosophy integrated the Hermetic concept of the world soul with the revolutionary scientific ideas of his time, leading to a vision of the cosmos that was both mystical and rational. [ 34 ] Bruno's emphasis on the world soul can also be seen in his metaphysical poetry and dialogues, where he often depicted the universe as a divine, living ...