]> 2026-04-30T22:28:22+00:00 Corybantes, Mysteries of the 0 en Corybantes, Mysteries of the Mysteries of the Corybantes These were held in Phrygia in honour of Atys, the youth beloved by Cybele. The rites were very elaborate within the temple and very noisy and tragic in public. They began by a public bewailing of the death of Atys and ended in tremendous rejoicing at his resurrection. The statue or image of the victim of Jupiter’s jealousy was placed during the ceremony in a pastos (coffin), and the priests sang his sufferings. Atys, as Visvakarma in India, was a representative of Initiation and Adeptship. He is shown as being born impotent, because chastity is a requisite of the life of an aspirant. Atys is said to have established the rites and worship of Cybele, in Lydia. (See ''Pausan''., vii., c. 17.) [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. These were held in Phrygia in honour of Atys, the youth beloved by Cybele. The rites were very elabo... Corybantes, Mysteries of the Corybantes, Mysteries of the Corybantes, Mysteries of the 2022-02-17T06:25:18Z 2459627.7675694 Corybantes, Mysteries of the