{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/ebm/ebm09.htm","path":"cla/ebm/ebm09.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/ebm/ebm09.htm","text":"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries, by Thomas Taylor, [1891]\nI shall utter to whom it is lawful; but let the doors be closed, \n Nevertheless, against all the profane. But do thou hear, \n Oh Mus\u00e6us, for I will declare what is true.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.\nHe is the One, self-proceeding; and from him all things proceed, \n And in them he himself exerts his activity; no mortal \n Beholds Him, but he beholds all.\nThere is one royal body in which all things are enwombed, \n Fire and Water, Earth, \u00c6ther, Night and Day, \n And Counsel [Metis], the first producer, and delightful Love,\u2014\n For all these are contained in the great body of Zeus.\nZeus, the mighty thunderer, is first; Zeus is last;\n Zeus is the head, Zeus the middle of all things; \n From Zeus were all things produced. He is male, he is female; \n Zeus is the depth of the earth, the height of the starry heavens;\nHe is the breath of all things, the force of untamed fire; \n The bottom of the sea; Sun, Moon, and Stars; \n Origin of all; King of all; One Power, one God, one Great Ruler.","title":"The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: Orphic Hymns","type":"page"}