I don’t mean to offend.
My question is, is what they are doing to that girl abusive? A naked girl? What is a mystery cult? I don’t know much about Pompeii
The music accompanying the video is soothing and sweet and I wonder is this actually a good or neutral thing that is happening?
Sometimes when we look at ancient art its old ness sort of numbs us to evil. Perhaps nothing evil is going on here. I am asking.
I’ve grown up with ancient art and never had the urge to go cavort because I looked at a picture of a satyr. Must have been my lack of adequate imagination. As for evil, there’s so much good and bad throughout history and current days. French Revolution; Crusades; Spanish Inquisition. All massive yuck. I tend to concentrate on the good. My current idea of evil is any Democrat who is against Trump. My current idea of good is every Republican who supports him.
Mystery cults existed alongside the official state religion in ancient Greece and Rome. In many cases they are believed to have predated classical Greece itself.
The three most famous ones were the Eleusinian Mysteries (based at the town of Eleusis outside of Athens), the Dionysian Mysteries, and the Orphic Mysteries. They appear to have been centered on parts of the ancient Greek mythology; for instance, the Eleusinian Mysteries revolved around the myth of Demeter and Persephone.
Their adherents were sworn to secrecy about the rites, so much of what we “know” about them is legend and speculation. However, being accepted into any of them was considered a great honor in the ancient world.
I believe the Orphic Mysteries lasted into the early Christian era, such that a chronicler was able to record details of their rites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries