Dan Attrell, also known as the Modern Hermeticist, joins the Modern Platonist (no pun intended) in this conversation examining in detail the Eleusinian mysteries in ancient Athens. Considered the most prestigious and famous mystery cult of antiquity, Eleusis attracted every year a selected group of initiates—including figures like Emperor Augustus and Cicero— to attain friendship with the goddess Demeter, aided by her daughter Persephone and Dionysos, and guarantee salvation in the afterlife. Through an intricate and long ritual, the initiates would have the climatic initiation in the telesterion, where they were administered the sacrament—the kykeon.

Discover the secrets of the most important religious experience of the Græco-Roman civilization.