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The Orphic Mysteries were found in Greece and its colonies, in Macedonia, Thrace, Asia Minor, and southern Italy. Their revelations concerned the mystery of Deity, the nature of the soul, and its relationship with the body. For humanitarian, hygienic, and purificatory reasons a meatless diet was prescribed.
10.15.6.32Listen The Seven Wise Men of ancient Greece once visited the sacred oracle at Delphi and left two offerings in the temple. Both were maxims and were subsequently carved on the building. The first is famous: “Know Thyself.” The second is: “Nothing too much.” The first points to the peaks of human experience. The second warns us against the dangers of the quest (as well as of life) and how to avoid them by keeping our efforts in balance.
10.15.6.36Listen Socrates' prayer to the god of Nature: ”O Pan! Do so that I become beautiful inside me. And all that exists outside and around me to be in harmony with what I have in me. . . My wish for material wealth is only for so much as a wise man can carry in his hand.”--from Plato
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