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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Priestesses}}'''. Every ancient religion had its priestesses in the temples. In Egypt they were called the '''Sâ''' and served the altar of Isis and in the temples of other goddesses. ''Canephorœ'' was the name given by the Greeks to those consecrated priestesses who bore the baskets of the gods during the public festivals of the Eleusinian Mysteries. There were female prophets in Israel as in Egypt, diviners of dreams and oracles; and Herodotus mentions the ''Hierodules'', the virgins or nuns dedicated to the Theban Jove, who were generally the Pharaohs’ daughters and other Princesses of the Royal House. Orientalists speak of the wife of Cephrenes, the builder of the so‐called second Pyramid, who was a priestess of Thoth. (See “Nuns”.) | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Priestesses}}'''. Every ancient religion had its priestesses in the temples. In Egypt they were called the '''Sâ''' and served the altar of Isis and in the temples of other goddesses. ''Canephorœ'' was the name given by the Greeks to those consecrated priestesses who bore the baskets of the gods during the public festivals of the Eleusinian Mysteries. There were female prophets in Israel as in Egypt, diviners of dreams and oracles; and Herodotus mentions the ''Hierodules'', the virgins or nuns dedicated to the Theban Jove, who were generally the Pharaohs’ daughters and other Princesses of the Royal House. Orientalists speak of the wife of Cephrenes, the builder of the so‐called second Pyramid, who was a priestess of Thoth. (See “Nuns”.) | ||
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