From Eleusis to Florence: The transmission of a secret knowledge: Vol. 1 - Part A: The Origin of the Mysteries

The essay From Eleusis to Florence: The transmission of a secret knowledge by Nicola Bizzi is the largest and most complete study ever carried out on the Eleusinian Mystery Tradition, its origins, its history and life through the centuries, from the persecutions perpetuated by the Christians up to the Middle Ages, as well as from the Renaissance to our days.
Among the various mystery religions of antiquity, none has ever achieved such a fame and diffusion, and at the same time such a secrecy...