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Power of the initiation rites (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Composite beings 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs 02.05.05 Composite beings Dog 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.05 Animal/theriomorphic symbols and iconographic motifs 02.05.01 Mammals 02.05.01.14 Dog	Keywords Chaldean Oracles initiation rites
Period 2nd century CE Roman Empire	Channel No channel specified

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Chaldean Oracles 135:
Therefore, even the gods exhort us not to gaze at (these demons) beforehand, until we have been strengthened by the powers from the initiation rites: “For you must not gaze at them until you have your body initiated. Being terrestrial, these ill-tempered dogs are shameless.” And for this reason, the Oracles add that “they enchant souls, forever turning them away from the rites.”

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Chaldean Oracles 135

Bibliography

Majercik 1989, 100-101

Majercik, Ruth. The Chaldean Oracles. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Studies in Greek and Roman Religion 5. Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill 1989.

Amar Annus

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