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de passage from sex to sex and age to age symbolized by interchange of
clothes. Initiation rites and the oracle of Trophonios. Mnemosyne and
Anamnesis. Rite de passage from the profane to the sacred world and vice
versd. Mnemosyne as revelation rather than mere memory. Plato's debt to
initiation ceremonies.
Themis, Dike and the Horai. Hymn to the Kouretes ends with Themis.
Themis as mother of the Horai. Themis as mother of Dike. Dike is the
Way of Nature, which is regarded as the Wheel of Life. Dike in Hades
because she is cycle of life. The Swastika, Rta and Tao. Primitive belief
that moral goodness and material prosperity go together. Themis has
power to affect Dike because notion of Dike originates in social order. The
Golden Lamb. Alpha not to be confused with Omega, pp. 480—535.
Index 537—559