The Brotherhood and Sisterhood are oath-bound, initiatory mystery religions which use a ritual framework descended from Gardnerian Wicca.
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Iamblichus used the rituals of the mystery religions to perform rituals on the individual to unite their outer and inner person.
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Also in 2010, Jeffress referred to Roman Catholicism as a " Satanic " result of " Babylonian mystery religion ".
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In the mystery religions, the divine couple preside over the soul's " birth " or rebirth in the afterlife.
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The emperors promoted the Imperial cult around the empire, and this and imported mystery religions were generally practiced alongside the official religion.
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In ancient mystery religions, a mystagogue would be responsible for leading an initiate into the secret teachings and rituals of the cultus.
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Gregory A . Boyd and Paul Rhodes Eddy doubt that Paul viewed Jesus similar to the savior deities found in ancient mystery religions.
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Under some circumstances, when cults such as mystery religions were introduced to Romans, it was preferred that they be maintained by women.
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Most mystery religions had a hierarchy of priests maintaining them, but it is uncertain if this was the case with the Dionysian Mysteries.
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The reality is, we know very little about mystery religions-the whole point of mystery religions is that they're secret!