| Orpheus and Eurydice (Martyrdom_of_Man) |
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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | They ascended eminences as if hoping that thus being nearer God He would prefer their prayers to those of their rivals. Such is the origin of that superstitious reverence for high places which was universal throughout the whole of the heathen world. Then Orpheus was born. And he invented instruments which to his touch and to his lips gave forth notes of surpassing sweetness and with these melodies he enticed the wondering savages into the recesses of the forest and there taught them precepts of obedience to the great Soul and of loving-kindness towards each other in harmonious words. So they devoted groves and forests to the worship of the Deity. There were men who had watched Orpheus and who had seen and envied his power over the herd who surrounded him. They resolved to imitate him and having studied these barbarians they banded together and called themselves their priests. Religion -is divine but its ministers are men. And alas! sometimes they are demons with the faces and wings of angels. +X+X+ Learn more about the remarkable iconoclastic writings of Reade by clicking below. | | Headline | The Martyrdom of Man | | Copyright Notice | Winwood Reade 1838–1875 public domain | | URL | http://www.aforum.com/cgi-bin/forum?14@169.XdpIagsliRl.4@.10116176 | | User | Guest |
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