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...c and dancing was also used to ensure the efficacy of sacrifices. Varro, a Roman author, wrote that dance was used in religious festivals as "no part of the ...Roman aristocrats. Improper dance in ancient Rome was defined as being un-Roman. Foreign dancing styles were disliked. Elagabalus was heavily scrutinized f

...hence in Greco-Roman religion. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Gods, goddesses, and demons may also be considered personifications of astronomi

[[Image:Fayum02.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Roman-Egyptian Fayum funeral portrait of a young boy]] ...dealized symbol of what that person looked like. (Compare the portraits of Roman Emperors Constantine I and Theodosius I at their entries.) In the Europe of

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...ttle is known of their rites. Once the Bacchanalia had become popular, The Roman Senate was threatened by the Bacchanalia because they believed it was desig ...'s dedication to the Bacchanalia scandal leads to his belief that the role Roman Mos maiorum played in society led to the anarchic growth in later centuries

...en a symbol of [[androgyny]] or [[effeminacy]], and was portrayed in Greco-Roman art as a female figure with male genitals. ...derived from those of his parents Hermes and Aphrodite. All three of these gods figure largely among erotic and fertility figures, and all possess distinct

...into the use of the symbolic ring. In ancient Egypt, the Sun and the Moon gods were feared] and worshipped. A ring symbolized these spirits, both of whom ...his 7th-century work De Ecclesiasticis Officiis XX, 8, which refers to the Roman story of a vein connected to the heart.

...gave rise to the medical term [[priapism]]. He became a popular figure in Roman erotic art and Latin literature and is the subject of the often humorously :but with bearded men it will aim only for the top.<ref>Craig A. Williams, ''Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity'', [https:/

...uch as serving up his son as part of a feast, and stealing the food of the gods), Tantalus was condemned to eternal punishment. ...n the 6th century BC, which also served as his mausoleum. According to the Roman writer Marcus Varro:

...a barbarian and ludicrous practice. They reserved such submissions for the gods only. This may have led some Greeks to believe that the Persians worshipped During the Roman Empire, the emperor Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) introduced the practice, form

...a. The structure is similar to the Mass of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, communicating the principles of Crowley's Thelema. It is t ...which the congregant proclaims, “There is no part of me that is not of the gods!”

== The gods == * the Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem triad of Memphis, unusual in that the gods were unconnected before the triad was formalized, where the chief god was P

...unt Dindymon (in Mysia and variously located) or Mount Sipylus in mind. In Roman mythology, her equivalent was Magna Mater or "Great Mother". In most mythol Walter Burkert, who treats '''Cybele''' among "foreign gods" in Greek Religion, notes that "The cult of the Great Mother, Meter, presen

...''A Daughter of the Gods''. Made by Fox Film Corporation, Daughter of the Gods was the first million-dollar film production. Like many of Kellerman's othe ..., Queensland, Australia, on 5 November 1975, aged 88 and was cremated with Roman Catholic rites. Her remains were scattered in the Great Barrier Reef. She h

...Law" and "the threefold Book of Law" (chapters 1:35, 3:75). CCXX is 220 in Roman figures, representing ''The Tree of Life'' (10 numbers times 22 paths), and ...text of the Book itself), printed form of the text: see The Equinox of The Gods for a full account by Crowley of the reception and publishing of the Book a

Beardsley converted to Roman Catholicism in March 1897, and subsequently begged his publisher, [[Leonard image:Beardsley-Venus_between_terminal_gods.jpg|Venus between Terminal Gods

===The second wave (The [[Nikkatsu]] ''Roman Porno'' era 1971-1982)=== ...iko Kaji, who had left [[Nikkatsu]] Studios to distance herself from their Roman Porno series.

...ems originated from similar older customs such as the [[Lupercalia|Ancient Roman Lupercalia]]. The Easter dowsing and whipping is also said to symbolize the ...atured in Slavic pre-Christian paganism. Dyngus and Śmigus were twin pagan gods; the former representing water and the 'moist' earth (Dyngus from din gus -

...s tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin) though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism (and later converted on his deathbed). After university Wilde m {{msgbox|head=Oscar Wilde quotation|text="When the Gods wish to punish us, they grant our wishes}}

"THE GODDESSES... SUCH AS GREEK ATHENA, HERA, ARTEMIS, HECATE, ROMAN MINERVA AND DIANA; IRISH MORRIGAN AND BRIGIT; BALTIC LAIMA AND RAGANA; RUSS THE MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE MOTHER OF THE GODS, SHE WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF ALL, THE GIVER OF BEING, LIFE AND DEATH doesn't d