Blaise Daniel Staples
(Blaise) Daniel "Danny" Staples (13 July 1948 – December 2005Carl A.P. Ruck.
He co-authored with Ruck The World of Classical Mythology: Gods and Goddesses, Heroines and Heroes, which has become a standard textbook. The book The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries claims that the psycho-active ingredient in the secret
Renaissance painting, most notably in the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald
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Staples was also the author of numerous articles in his field.
Bibliography
- The Hidden World: Survival of Pagan Shamanic Themes in European Fairytales, with Carl Ruck, José Alfredo González Celdrán and Mark Alwin Hoffman (2007 ISBN 1-59460-144-5)
- The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist, with Carl Ruck and ISBN 0-89089-924-X)
- The World of Classical Myth: Gods and Goddesses, Heroines and Heroes, with Carl Ruck (1994, ISBN 0-89089-575-9)
- The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries, with Carl Ruck, R. Gordon Wasson, Jonathan Ott and ISBN 978-1-55643-752-6)
Notes
- ^ Obituary Boston Globe 6 December 2005 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Summary of The Apples of Apollo Archived 2009-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Biographical information on B. Daniel Staples
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