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The Rites of Eleusis
… of sun and wind ! We are the Greeks ! and to us the rites of Eleusis should open the doors of Heaven, and we shall enter in and see God face to face . . . Under the stars will I go forth, my brothers, and drink of that lustral dew : I will return, my brothers, when I have seen God face to face and read within those eternal eyes the secret that shall make you free. Then will I choose you and test you and instruct you in the Mysteries of Eleusis, oh ye brave hearts, and cool eyes, and trembling lips ! I will put a live coal upon your lips, and f…
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