Quotes About Orphic

the Orphic Egg. Orphism was the mystery religion that gave rise to the Dionysian mysteries.

The Orphic Machine is the poem: A severed head with face turned away that sings.

It is known that beans were the subject of an orphicopythagorean prohibition, because of certain 'sacred reasons concerning souls' (Jambl., VP, 109). They were believed to be imbued with life, and to give them as food to the dead was to spare the living who were threatened by the Lemuria.

Other trumps also have alchemical significance. The Art card is identified with vitriol, and the Lovers, the Hermit, Death, and the Devil all have vital roles to play in the alchemy of the tarot. There is also one more extremely important alchemical symbol we will see often when we examine the trumps. It is called the Orphic egg. "This egg represents the essence of all life that comes under the formula of male and female."74 THE

From Pythagoras (whether by way of Socrates or not) Plato derived the Orphic elements in his philosophy: the religious trend, the belief in immortality, the other-worldliness, the priestly tone, and all that is involved in the simile of the cave; also his respect for mathematics, and his intimate intermingling of intellect and mysticism.

In the Orphic Gold Tablets, Brimo is used as a name for a goddess forming a trio with Demeter and Persephone[liii]

I love you, rotten, Delicious rottenness. ...wonderful are the hellish experiences, Orphic, delicate Dionysos of the Underworld.