Eleusian Mysteries

Every initiate of the Eleusian Mysteries was also required to pass through a love-right with the mermaid Love Goddess.She would hold a round mirror and golden comb. The mirror stands for know thyself, a maxim attributed to the Egyptian Pharaoh Sesostris I and later to Socrates. It reflects one s past and seeks motives of hope in virtue for the future. 

Eight years later, Robert Naunton recorded Henry IV s mystical activities in Paris. Naunton noted that Henry IV was to celebrate the Eleusian mysteries that Easter 1597. ... 

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