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 "Thou goest, O Lord, our chief, To heaven through thy sorrows, And guide him who believes In thee on the same path. Then take us all equally To share in thy sorrows and kingdoms, Guide us through thy gate of death, Bring thy world into the light."

Firmicus relates concerning the Attis mysteries:

"Nocte quadam simulacrum in lectica supinum ponitur et per numeros digestis fletibus plangitur; deinde cum se ficta lamentatione satiaverint, lumen infertur: tunc a sacerdote omnium qui flebant fauces unguentur, quibus perunctis sacerdos hoc lento murmure susurrat: '[Greek: Tharrei~te my/stai tou~ Theou~ sesôsme/nou e)/stai ga\r hêmi~n e)k po/nou sôtêri/a].'"

Such parallels show how little human personality and how much divine, that is to say, universally human, is found in the Christ mystery. No man is or, indeed, ever was, a hero, for the hero is a god, and, therefore, impersonal and generally applicable to all. Christ is a "spirit," as is shown in the very early Christian interpretation. In different places of the earth, and in the most varied forms and in the coloring of various periods, the Savior-hero appears as a fruit of the entrance of the libido into the personal maternal depths. The Bacchian consecrations represented upon the Farnese relief contain