sacred mysteries
Divine hidden truths
Sacred mysteries refers to religious rites, doctrines, or truths that are hidden from ordinary understanding and revealed only to initiates or the faithful.
In ancient religions, the term described secret ceremonies like the Eleusinian mysteries of Greece, where participants underwent rituals promising spiritual transformation.
In Christian usage, sacred mysteries denotes profound truths beyond human comprehension—the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Eucharist—that are accepted through faith rather than reason.
The priest spoke of the sacred mysteries with reverent awe.
- hidden knowledgeInformation deliberately kept concealed
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- last ritesSacrament for the dying
- HermeticismEsoteric Greco-Egyptian spiritual tradition
- secret doctrineHidden spiritual teaching
Kabbalah · Enlightenment · divine union · Eschatology · Oracle · holy of holies · inner sanctum · Pantheon · Occultism · Prophecy · blood sacrifice · Meditation · Pilgrimage · Allegory · Iconography · Revelation · Metaphysics
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- Ascended MastersQuan Yin, dictations, ascension, adepts, mahatmas
- Pauline epistlesRomans, Galatians, Ephesians, Corinthians, Philippians
- Sacred HeartJesus, divine love, enthronement, First Friday, litany
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