Oprheus
& Eurydice -
THE
MOST ANCIENT LOVE STORY IN THE WORLD
The
ORPHIC RITES for the BIRTH OF LIGHT: Mysticism, Magic,
Eros, Life and Death.
The fascinating DIONYSIAN MYSTERIES are revealed
during the Orphic rituals: Dionysus is enamoured
of the beautiful Persephone who has just died and
restores her to life with his kiss.
The Titans despise Dionysus and kill him, tearing
out his heart and burying it. The Goddess Athena
unearths his heart and carries it to Mt. Olympus
to her father, Zeus, so that Dionysus might be reborn.
Enjoy the hypnotic Ancient Greek Music and Hymns,
including the legendary invocation "Evi-Eva" to
the GENESIS OF THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, as well as
the song of Dionysus and the lament of the death
of Eurydice.
Experience the joys and sorrows of the most TRAGIC
LOVE STORY ever told from time immemorial.
ORPHEUS meets EURYDICE as she emerges from a river.
The wicked sorceress of the moon Goddess Hecate,
Aglaonike, with her coterie of Bacchae priestesses,
casts a spell upon Eurydice in an attempt to control
her.
Orpheus battles the forces of darkness and takes
Eurydice as his eternal wife. Their endless love
is consecrated in the Golden Lake.
Eurydice is killed by the venomous fangs of the
serpent of Aglaonike. Orpheus resolves to descend
into Hades, into the Lower World.
He crosses Lake Acherousia where the boatman Charon
transports the souls of the dead, to the other dimension.
He traverses the river Styx and reaches the ELYSIAN
FIELDS and the fearsome kingdom of Pluto, Lord of
the Lower World.
Orpheus poignant encounter with the spirit of Eurydice
leads to his overturning the laws of life and death
amd bringing her back toward the world of light,
only to lose her in the end to Pluto and darkness.
THE DEATH OF ORPHEUS
Orpheus is locked in a struggle to save the Temples
of Zeus from destruction by the black magic priestesses,
the Bacchae.
His heavenly words inspire the savage Thracian warriors.
Enraged at his success, the evil sorceress, Aglaonike,
kills Orpheus.
The lament at the death of the GREATEST MYSTIC OF
ALL TIME.
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