Periagoge
Scenario

When couples disagree about reconstructing ancient mystery religions

My partner and I have been studying ancient mystery religions together for two years and we're both drawn to reconstructing Eleusinian practices but we keep hitting walls about authenticity versus accessibility and whether we're honoring something sacred or just playing dress-up with fragments. Every ritual we attempt feels like we're arguing about the same thing in different costumes.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The longing to touch something ancient and sacred is being complicated by questions of cultural appropriation, scholarly rigor, and spiritual authenticity that neither partner can resolve alone.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancient Greek and Roman religion?”

Peri

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