Sentences with phrase «ancient mystery religions»
The ancient mystery religions all the way to the secret societies of today.
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It is beyond dispute that postbiblical Christianity took over many elements from ancient metaphysics and ethics, the oriental - Hellenistic mystery religions, and the hermetic and neo-Platonic mysticism, and even from popular pagan piety and legal wisdom.
Earlier, he had been painting scenes of urban life with a sense of isolation and mystery; after World War II, he turned to timeless themes of death and survival, and to concepts drawn from ancient myths and religions.