Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who write on ancient myth or ritual are bound to say the same...

Immortalized in such classic works as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the great tragedies of Aeschylus and Sophocles, the myths of ancient Greece revolve around potent psychological themes and fundamental human fears and desires. The stories themselves are riveting; the characters, unforgettable. In this course, classics scholar Professor Peter Meineck brings the timeless stories of the Greek gods and heroes to life, examining what they might have meant...

"A groundbreaking, controversial dive into the role psychedelics have played in the human experience of the Divine throughout Western history, and the answer to a 2,000 year old mystery that could shake the Church to its foundations. The Immortality Key connects the lost, psychedelic sacrament of Greek religion to early Christianity-exposing the true origins of Western Civilization. In the tradition of unsolved historical mysteries like David Grann's...