The Rise of Christianity - Review
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Unit 5 Review
Short-answer Questions: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
Key Terms: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
Key Concepts: Western Civilization I, Unit 5
Key Arguments: Western Civilization I, Unit 5

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Abstract

Mystery religions: Besides the imperial cult and such philosophic religions as Manichaeism and Neoplatonism in the ancient Greco-Roman world, there were the popular mystery religions practiced by secret cults reserved for initiates; drugs, music, and dance were sometimes used to induce trance-like states. These secret cults included the Eleusinian Mysteries, the Dionysian Mysteries, and the Orphic Mysteries.

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