The Ancient Mystery Schools

Rosicrucian Salon Bibliography
Julie Scott, M.A., President and Grand Master of the English Grand Lodge of AMORC for the Americas, 2006

Egypt:

Apuleius, Lucius. The Golden Ass of Apuleius. Translated by W. Adlington. New York: The Modern Library Publishers

Devi, Savitri. Son of the Sun. Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 1981.

Guilmot, Max. The Initiatory Process in Ancient Egypt. Translation by Michelle Ziebel. San Jose, CA: Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc., 1978.

Egypt Exploration Society, Tell-el-Amarna Project. Accessed August 1, 2005.

Hawass, Zahi. “The Osiris Shaft”. Accessed July 11, 2005 at www.guardians.net/hawass/osiris1.htm. 2005.

Iamblichos. The Egyptian Mysteries. Translated by Alexander Wilder. London: William Rider & Son Ltd; New York, NY: The Metaphysical Publishing Co., 1911.

Lewis, H. Spencer. The Symbolic Prophecy of the Great Pyramid. San Jose, CA: Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc., 1994.

Lewis, H. Spencer. The Mystical Life of Jesus. San Jose, CA: Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc., 1929/1953.

McGee, Arthur R. Papyrus of Ani; Egyptian Book of the Dead (Budge) translation by E.A. Wallis Budge. “The 42 Negative Confessions” University of Pennsylvania. Accessed August 16, 2005 at
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Books/Papyrus_Ani.html. 1994.

Monet, Jefferson. 2005. “An Overview of the Ancient Egyptian Cult”. Accessed July 11, 2005 at www.touregypt.net/featurestories/cults.htm. 2005.

Naydler, Jeremy. Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts, The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2005.

Rome, Peter. The Temple of Seti I and the Osireion at Abydos. Accessed July 11, 2005 at www.touregypt.net/featurestories/setiabydos.htm. 2005.

Schwappach-Shirrif, Lisa. Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, A Catalogue. San Jose, CA: Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc., 2004.

Delphi:

A&E Television Networks. Oracle at Delphi, Secrets Revealed. The History Channel, 1996.

Amandry, Pierre. Delphi and its History. Greece – An Archaeological Guide, 1984.

Broad, William. The Oracle. New York: Penguin Books. 2006.

Broad, William. “For Delphic Oracle, Fume and Visions.” New York Times, March 19, 2002.

Geldard, Richard G. The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Greece. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2000.

Lipsey, Roger. Have You Been to Delphi? Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001.

Parke, H.W. The Delphic Oracle. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956.

Eleusis:

Burkert, Walter. Ancient Mystery Cults. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987.

Eliade, Mircea. Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth. Translated by Willard R. Trask. New York: Harper & Row, 1958.

---. Myths, Dreams and Mysteries: The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities. Translated by Philip Mairet. New York: Harper & Row, 1957/1960.

Evelyn-White, Hugh G. ed. The Perseus Project, Tufts University. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Accessed August 16, 2005 at: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138&query=head%3D%232.

Jung, C. G. & Kerenyi, C. Essays on a Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child & The Mysteries of Eleusis. Translated by R.F.C. Hull. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949/1973.

Keller, Mara Lynn. "The Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone: Fertility, Sexuality and Rebirth”. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring, 1988.

---. The Greater Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone. Manuscript. Nd.

Kerenyi, C. Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter. Translated by Ralph Manheim. New York: Schocken Books, 1967/1977.

Mylonas, George E. Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961.

Mithraic Mysteries:

The Ancient Mysteries, A Sourcebook. Edited by Marvin Meyer. Harper & Row: San Francisco, 1987.

Ulansey, David. The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries, Cosmology & Salvation in the Ancient World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Vermaseren, M.J. Mithras, The Secret God. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1963.

Cumont, Franz. The Mysteries of Mithra. New York: Dover Publications, 1956 (1902).

Orpheus:

Guthrie, W.K.C. Orpheus and Greek Religion, A Study of the Orphic Movement. New York: W.W Norton & Company, Inc., 1966.

Macy, Joanna. Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies. With Anita Barrows. New York: Riverhead Books. 2005.

Wili, Walter. The Orphic Mysteries and the Greek Spirit. Edited by Joseph Campbell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.

Pythagoras:

Burkert, Walter. Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism. Translated by Edwin L. Minar Jr. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.

Huffman, Carl. "Pythagoras". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2005 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). Accessed July 11, 2005 at http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2005/entries/pythagoras/. February 23, 2005.

Kingsley, Peter. Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995.

Morey, Jim. “Pythagoras: An Interactive Proof of Pythagoras’ Theorem”. Accessed June 15, 2005 at http://www.sunsite.ubc.ca/LivingMathematics/V001N01/UBCExamples/Pythagoras/pythagoras.html. 1996.

General:

Berezan, Jennifer, Returning, CD. 2001. Edge of Wonder.

Eisler, Riane. The Chalice & The Blade: Our History, Our Future. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1987/1995.

Hall, Manly P. The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, 1988.

Kingsley, Peter. Reality. Inverness, CA: The Golden Sufi Center. 2004.

The Mysteries, Papers from the Eranos Yearbooks. Edited by Joseph Campbell. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955.

Plato. Great Dialogues of Plato. Translated by W.H.D. Rouse. New York: Penguin Punam, Inc., 1984.

Rebisse, Christian. Rosicrucian History and Mysteries. San Jose, CA: Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc., 2005.

Tarnas, Richard. The Passion of the Western Mind. New York: Ballantine Books, 1993.

Von Stuckrad, Kocku. Western Esotericism, A Brief History of Secret Knowledge. London: Equinox Publishing, Inc., 2005.