Ritual and Worship at Knossos (Minoan Bronze Age)

This movie presents scenes of worship at Knossos and other sacred sites of the Minoan Bronze Age with the following themes: 1. Shrines, 2. Priestesses wielding the power of the Goddess, 3. Men worshipping the Goddess, 3. Ceremonial processions, 4. Invoking the Goddess and private prayers, 5. Ritual dances, 6. Rites of Initiation, 7. The Holy Chalice drinking ritual. The Minoan culture was a Bronze Age civilization in the Aegean ocean that emerged on Crete during the 27th century BC and came to dominate surrounding islands such as Thera (Santorini), Mycenea and numerous others. Their religion originated in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia, and religious symbolism show a strong connection to Stone Age civilizations in Greece and Anatolia (present day Turkey), such as Catal Höyuk and Hacilar. Their religion was centered around the worship of a Great Goddess and women were as powerful as men (if not more). Their civilization was peaceful and highly prosperous and wielded great political, spiritual and economic power in the Eastern Mediterranean, as the Minoans dominated the oceans. They maintained a strong exchange of trade and ideas with Egypt and the Middle East (Sumer, Assyria etc), yet were different from these cultures insofar as they kept internal peace and somehow also managed to keep the peace with their surrounding cultures that had become more warlike and hierarchic. The myth of King Minos is just that a myth, as recent research has shown that there was no king at …
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