Entering the Mysteries

Across the ancient world it was known, a mysterious island at the center of a Mystery tradition so secret that even today, we have only clues about it.  Ancient Greek myths, myths older than Greece, a mountain whose peak is often shrouded in clouds, and a pagan sanctuary so archaic it probably dates to when the island was part of a mainland.  Join Arthur Versluis on a journey to Samothrace and beyond as he investigates archaic European symbolism, myth, and mysteries, and unco