The Orphic Hymns

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421408864
Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book The Orphic Hymns written by and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns. At the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life. Elements of the worship of Dionysus, such as shape-shifting and ritualistic ecstasy, were fused with Orphic beliefs to produce a powerful and illuminating new religion that found expression in the mystery cults. Practitioners of this new religion composed a great body of poetry, much of which is translated in The Orphic Hymns. The hymns presented in this book were anonymously composed somewhere in Asia Minor, most likely in the middle of the third century AD. At this turbulent time, the Hellenic past was fighting for its survival, while the new Christian faith was spreading everywhere. The Orphic Hymns thus reflect a pious spirituality in the form of traditional literary conventions. The hymns themselves are devoted to specific divinities as well as to cosmic elements. Prefaced with offerings, strings of epithets invoke the various attributes of the divinity and prayers ask for peace and health to the initiate. Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary.

The Orphic Hymns

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Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738755842
Total Pages : 307 pages
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Book Synopsis The Orphic Hymns by : Patrick Dunn

Download or read book The Orphic Hymns written by Patrick Dunn and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Powerful Poems & Incantations of Ancient Greece Use the hymns of the great mystery religions in your practice today The Orphic hymns are fascinating historical artifacts—87 devotions, invocations, and entreaties to the Greek gods that are as potent today as they were when they were originally developed nearly two thousand years ago. Designed to be used in contemporary spiritual practice and spellcrafting, this premium hardcover edition features spectacular new English translations by Patrick Dunn along with the original Greek on facing pages. These translations are complete, accurate, and poetic—perfect for integrating into rituals and magical workings for every conceivable purpose, from protection to prosperity and everything in between. Written by a poet and occultist specifically for contemporary practitioners of magic, this must-have book also includes detailed notes to help you understand esoteric passages as well as suggestions for incense selection and the practical use of the hymns. The Orphic Hymns also includes Thomas Taylor's eighteenth-century translation as an appendix, an index of purposes, and a concordance with a glossary, a pronunciation guide, mythic backgrounds, and cross references of every deity and place named in the hymns. These new translations of the Orphic hymns are powerful tools for magic and devotion. In addition to the translations of the 87 hymns, you will discover helpful notes and techniques for integrating the hymns into your practice. New Translations by Patrick Dunn History of the Hymns Notes on Religious Devotion Spell-crafting with the Hymns Working with the Hymns in Written Spells Uses of the Hymns in Ceremonial Magic The Hymns in Contemplation Incorporating Scents Pronunciation Guide Concordance and Glossary of Gods and Locations Thomas Taylor's 18th Century Translation An Index of Purposes for the Hymns Praise: "The Orphic hymns are among the most vivid and potent legacies of ancient Greek Pagan spirituality. Patrick Dunn's crisp new translation of these classic invocations will be a welcome discovery to anyone interested in polytheist spirituality and ancient magic."—John Michael Greer, author of A World Full of Gods and The Secret of the Temple

Orphic Hymns Grimoire

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1733096175
Total Pages : 231 pages
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Book Synopsis Orphic Hymns Grimoire by : Sara Mastros

Download or read book Orphic Hymns Grimoire written by Sara Mastros and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orpheus, the famed oracle orator hero of Greece, began to teach a new religion at the dawn of the Archaic Age. Deeply rooted in ancient paganism, Orphism taught a doctrine of peace-seeking, reincarnation, and universal brotherhood. The followers, like their leader, worshiped their gods with song. Eighty seven of these ancient hymns have survived to the present day, and are called The Orphic Hymns. They've been translated into English many times. In this new collection of translations, from noted magician and pagan teacher Sara L. Mastros, the hymns come alive for the modern pagan. In addition to her inspired translations, this book also contains fascinating historical and social commentary on the hymns from a modern, feminist, pagan viewpoint, as well as spells and devotional practices for modern worshippers of the Greek gods, and brilliant "color your own" ikons.

The Orphic Hymns

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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421408813
Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book The Orphic Hymns written by and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling English translation of the mysterious and cosmic Greek poetry known as the Orphic Hymns. At the very beginnings of the Archaic Age, the great singer Orpheus taught a new religion that centered around the immortality of the human soul and its journey after death. He felt that achieving purity by avoiding meat and refraining from committing harm further promoted the pursuit of a peaceful life. Elements of the worship of Dionysus, such as shape-shifting and ritualistic ecstasy, were fused with Orphic beliefs to produce a powerful and illuminating new religion that found expression in the mystery cults. Practitioners of this new religion composed a great body of poetry, much of which is translated in The Orphic Hymns. The hymns presented in this book were anonymously composed somewhere in Asia Minor, most likely in the middle of the third century AD. At this turbulent time, the Hellenic past was fighting for its survival, while the new Christian faith was spreading everywhere. The Orphic Hymns thus reflect a pious spirituality in the form of traditional literary conventions. The hymns themselves are devoted to specific divinities as well as to cosmic elements. Prefaced with offerings, strings of epithets invoke the various attributes of the divinity and prayers ask for peace and health to the initiate. Apostolos N. Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary.

The Homeric hymns

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Book Synopsis The Homeric hymns by : Thomas William Allen

Download or read book The Homeric hymns written by Thomas William Allen and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Download or read book The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus written by Thomas Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004289518
Total Pages : 307 pages
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Download or read book Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greek hymns traditionally include a narrative section describing episodes from the hymned deity’s life. These narratives developed in parallel with epic and other narrative genres, and their study provides a different perspective on ancient Greek narrative. Within the hymn genre, the place and function of the narrative section changed over time and with different kinds of hymn (literary or cultic; religious, philosophical or magical). Hymnic Narrative and the Narratology of Greek Hymns traces developments in narrative in the hymn genre from the Homeric Hymns via Hellenistic and Imperial hymns to those in the Orphic tradition and in magical papyri, analysing them in narratological terms in order to place them in the wider context of ancient Greek narrative literature.

The Hymns of Callimachus,

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book The Hymns of Callimachus, written by Callimachus and published by . This book was released on 1755 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Redefining Ancient Orphism

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107038219
Total Pages : 465 pages
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Book Synopsis Redefining Ancient Orphism by : Radcliffe G. Edmonds III

Download or read book Redefining Ancient Orphism written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521518318
Total Pages : 397 pages
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Book Synopsis The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion by : Radcliffe G. Edmonds

Download or read book The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets. Includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.

Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190663529
Total Pages : 337 pages
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Book Synopsis Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods by : Dwayne A. Meisner

Download or read book Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods written by Dwayne A. Meisner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meisner offers a new interpretation of four Orphic theogonies: Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic. The fragments of these poems, thought to be written by Orpheus, contained narratives of the creation of the cosmos and the births of the gods, but differed from the mainstream account of Hesiod's Theogony.

The Orphic Poems

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis The Orphic Poems by : Martin Litchfield West

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Orpheus and Greek Religion

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691024998
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Book Synopsis Orpheus and Greek Religion by : William Keith Guthrie

Download or read book Orpheus and Greek Religion written by William Keith Guthrie and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1993-10-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his voice. Plato cites his poetry and Herodotus refers to "practices that are called Orphic." Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His influence on Greek thought is undeniable, but his disciples left little of substance behind them. Indeed, their Orphic precepts have been lost to time. W.K.C. Guthrie attempts to uncover and define Orphism by following its circuitous path through ancient history. He tackles this daunting task with the determination of a detective and the analytical rigor of a classical scholar. He ferries his readers with him on a singular voyage of discovery.

Greek Poems to the Gods

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520391691
Total Pages : 291 pages
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Book Synopsis Greek Poems to the Gods by : Barry B. Powell

Download or read book Greek Poems to the Gods written by Barry B. Powell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally important collections have not been readily accessible to students eager to learn about ancient poetry. In reading hymns, we also gain valuable insight into life in the classical world. In this collection, early Homeric Hymns of uncertain authorship appear along with the carefully wrought hymns of the great Hellenistic poet and courtier Callimachus; the mystical writings attributed to the legendary poet Orpheus, written as Christianity was taking over the ancient world; and finally, the hymns of Proclus, the last great pagan philosopher of antiquity, from the fifth century AD, whose intellectual influence throughout western culture has been profound. Greek Poems to the Gods distills over a thousand years of the ancient Greek hymnic tradition into a single volume. Acclaimed translator Barry B. Powell brings these fabulous texts to life in English, hewing closely to the poetic beauty of the original Greek. His superb introductions and notes give readers essential context, making the hymns as accessible to a beginner approaching them for the first time as to an advanced student continuing to explore their secrets. Brilliant illustrations from ancient art enliven and enrichen the experience of reading these poems.

Orpheus

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446400905
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Orpheus written by Ann Wroe and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. She traces the man, and the power he represents, through the myriad versions of a fantastical life: his birth in Thrace, his studies in Egypt, his voyage with the Argonauts to fetch the Golden Fleece, his love for Eurydice and journey to Hades, and his terrible death. We see him tantalising Cicero and Plato, and breathing new music into Gluck and Monteverdi; occupying the mind of Jung and the surreal dreams of Cocteau; scandalising the Fathers of the early Church, and filling Rilke with poems like a whirlwind. He emerges as not simply another mythical figure but the force of creation itself, singing the song of light out of darkness and life out of death.

The Book of the Orphic Hymns

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Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781294795964
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Orphic Hymns written by Orpheus and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Book Of The Orphic Hymns: Together With The Principal Fragments Also Attributed To Orpheus. The Whole Extracted From Hermann's Edition Of The Orphica Orpheus, Gottfried Hermann Printed in uncial letters as a typographical experiment, and published [by Julian Hibbert] for the sum of three shillings and sixpence in the year, 1827 History; General; History / General

The Orphic Argonautica

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105198944
Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book The Orphic Argonautica written by Jason Colavito and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: