>>40766296>What is your justification for this belief?Anon, you do realize the Bacchinalia was banned in 183 BC due to egregious public display, correct? You do realize Constantine and then later Theodosius also both banned public "Pagan" practices, correct?
You know Cicero claimed the Mysteries were his civilization's crowning achievement, correct? You know many, many others, like Plato (who famously Profaned the Mysteries and was murdered for it; publicly labeled a pedophile, just like they do today) or Aurelius were famously, publicly initiated, right?
>Every ancient sourceWell it's clear you haven't read many of them then.
>every oracle I know of has been characterized as being obtuse, expensive and extremely limited in availabilityYeah, I can't say I blame them, frankly, considering how people like (You) tend to act.
I know you have no reason to believe anything like this and would just get all butthurt for me even saying it to begin with, but I have the exact same approach, personally. Why should I make myself available to be milked at your leisure?
Anyway, that's not what I was saying. I didn't mean to frame Oracles as being so accessible in relation to frequency by any and all individuals. I was more saying that people could access them without great barriers, even commoners. If we're fair, maybe time intervals can be great barriers, so sure I understand the exceptions.