WORLD AFFAIRS AND THE METAPHYSICS OF ORPHEUS (2)

In this weekly fasting address, Daffern gives a succinct summary of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, where did it come from, what does it mean? What are the metaphysical principles involved behind these Mysteries? What implications do they hold for intellectuals, philosophers, and politicians? Orphic mysteries were association with both Apollo & Dionysus, and underlie the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophical worldviews which are also at the core of our academic, scientific and intellectual culture. Daffern puts brexit in the context of a counter narrative, the breaking apart & severing of relationships, and shows how this myth is behind the Titans dismemberment of Dionysus. The Titans are then destroyed by Zeus with lightening bolts and out of their ashes we humans are finally formed. This ancient myth of Dionysus-Zagreus was the heart of the Orphic mysteries and leads to much metaphysical speculation as to its real meaning, some of which is recounted here. The later Christian Mysteries were stron