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Mystery Cults in the Ancient World by Hugh Bowden

nicholas_urfe's review

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3.0

Competent but uninspiring. 

softrosemint's review

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3.5

I found this quite dry but informative nevertheless. If you are looking for something salacious or scandalous, you will not find it here. But if there is genuine interest in ritualistic practices of the past (and a little of where we can find them nowadays), this is an excellent and to-the-point read.

cjmacolivine's review

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informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

laureen0515's review

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3.25

I was expecting more of how the various ancient mystery cults impacted or interacted with the larger societies. While informative the distinctions between various cults blurred so much that it was difficult to distinguish between cults; which is probably not the fault of the writer, but the available evidence. 
The main problem may be that the surviving evidence is so scarce that a more clearer picture could not be presented. 

miacgriffin's review

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challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

mmhiegler's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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