The mysteries

Hardbound; xvi + 476 pp., including 27 black-and-white illustrations, bibliographic references in footnotes, three appendices, and an index. Bollingen Series 30 comprises six volumes of papers gleaned from the earliest years of the "Eranos-Jahrbücher," which has been published more-or-less annually since 1933, initially under the editorship of Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn. The papers in Volume 2 were originally published in German or French in "Eranos-Jahrbücher" IV (1936), VII (1939), VIII (1940-41), IX (1942), and XI (1944) by Rhein-Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland. Contents: Note of acknowledgment List of plates List of text figures Editor's foreword / Joseph Campbell A Note on Eranos / Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn 1. The Indian theories of redemption in the frame of the religions of salvation [1936] / Paul Masson-Oursel 2. The doctrine of grace in the religious thought of India [1936] / Paul Masson-Oursel The meaning of the Eleusinian mysteries [1939] / Walter F. Otto The mysteries of the Kabeiroi [1944] / C. Kerényi The Orphic mysteries and the Greek spirit [1944] / Walter Wili The ancient mysteries in the society of their time, their transformation and recent echoes [1944] / Paul Schmitt The "mysteries" of Osiris in ancient Egypt [1944] / Georges Nagel The mysteries and the religion of Iran [[1944] / Jean de Menasce The mystery of the Ka'ba: Symbol and reality in Islamic mysticism [1944] / Fritz Meier Jesus' round dance and crucifixion according to the Acts of St. John [1942] / Max Pulver The mystery of the serpent [1939] / Hans Leisegang Symbolic representations of the Eucharist [1944] / Julius Baum Transformation symbolism in the Mass [1941] / C.G. Jung The Christian mystery and the pagan mysteries [1944] / Hugo Rahner Appendices Biographical notes Contents of the "Eranos-Jahrbücher" List of abbreviations Index