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Meaning of "mystery cults"

Mystery cults: secretive religious groups characterized by hidden doctrines, rituals, or beliefs, often used in historical or anthropological contexts
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There is a common denominatorin all the mystery cults.
Mystery cults and so forth.
The question of rebirth was a great favourite of the mystery cults.
There are lots of mystery cults and secret societies in the world.
Rome introduces Easter from the mystery cults.
There were also secret mystery cults in which only initiates could participate.
The sacred bath was also known in Hellenistic mystery cults.
Mystery cults thus died out near the start of the fifth century.
There were popular Greek mystery cults.
When the mystery cults of Dionysus were widespread in ancient Greece they were all secret.
That was the reason behind the Babylonian Mystery cults.
All mystery cults have a Shivaite or Dionysian character.
The Cult of Mithras was one of several mystery cults practiced within the Roman Empire.
The Sun and Mystery cults were also significant in introducing festivals and beliefs.
Orpheus 's voice and lyre-playing represented a medium of revelation or higher knowledge for the mystery cults.

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Each cult was distinct, but many mystery cults shared a motif of death and afterlife.
Secular humanism, which also stems directly from the Mystery cults.
These are all elements of witchcraft . There is a common denominatorin all the mystery cults.
Joining Isis 's cult was therefore a sharper change in identity than in many other mystery cults.
According to Doherty, the Christ of Paul shares similarities with the Greco-Roman mystery cults.
The term " mysticism " comes from the classical Greco-Roman mystery cults.
Such a view exaggerates the missionary zeal -- itself a Christian idea -- of the other mystery cults.
Cult of Mithras- One of the more famous Greco-Roman mystery cults.

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