Events Tagged: "secret"

Eleusinian Mysteries established - secret rites of Demeter and Persephone, promise blessed afterlife, death penalty for revealing secrets

Pythagorean mysteries established - mathematical mysticism, music of spheres, reincarnation, bizarre taboos (never eat beans!), secret society

Manichaeism survives secretly in Fujian - disguised as Buddhism, called 'Religion of Light', continues until modern times

St. Joan (age 17): Identifies disguised Dauphin at Chinon among 300 courtiers - Tells him secret only God could know (his private prayer doubting legitimacy)

Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville - widow commoner instead of foreign princess, Warwick furious

Cortés brings chocolate to Spain - Spanish add sugar, keep preparation secret for nearly a century