Poetry as Initiation

The papers in 'Poetry as Initiation' discuss a number of open questions: Who was the author of the Derveni papyrus? What is the date of the text? What is the significance of burying a book with a corpse? What was the context of the peculiar chthonic ritual described in the text? Who were its perform [...]
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The papers in 'Poetry as Initiation' discuss a number of open questions: Who was the author of the Derveni papyrus? What is the date of the text? What is the significance of burying a book with a corpse? What was the context of the peculiar chthonic ritual described in the text? Who were its performers? What is the relationship of the author and the ritual to the so-called Orphic texts?