"O crucified One, thou leader of the mystical dances! O this spiritual wedding feast! O divine Pasch that passes from heaven to earth and rises up again to heaven! O joy of the universe, honour, ecstasy, exquisite delight by which dark death is destroyed, life returns to all and the gates of heaven are opened! God appeared as a man and man rose up as God when He shattered the gates of hell and burst the iron bolts thereof. And the people that were in the depth arise from the dead and announce to all the hosts of heaven: The thronging choir from earth is coming home." (Hyppolitus of Rome; d. c. 236)
See Greek Myths and Christian Mystery
Hugh Nibley teaches us that round dance of the creation drama takes the form of the prayer circle in the temple.
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