...rather splendidly summarized the whole philosophic position in this respect. " Dionysius," he says, "... is Osiris, Krishna, Buddha ; he is all the divine...he is the god who descends into or rather manifests himsulf in man ; he is death, temporary and illusory, and rebirth, actual and immortal ; he is the...

...rather splendidly summarized the whole philosophic position in this respect. "Dionysius," he says, "... is Osiris, Krishna, Buddha; he is all the divine incarnations;...the final union, the endless cycle of the eternal Becoming."25 The deities typical of Tiphareth, hence, represent the illuminated soul, exalted through...

...shrewdness, has at once pierced to the heart of the comparative character of the Bacchic legend. He says, " Dionysus, the child-god, slain by the Titans, whose...union, the endless cycle of the eternal Becoming," Heraclitus, who was regarded as the philosopher of the mysteries, explains the nature of this cycle....