A hierophant () is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy. As such, a hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles.
The word comes from ancient Greece, where it was constructed from the combination of (ta hiera, 'the holy') and (phainÅ, 'to reveal').
In Attica, Hierophant was the title of the chief priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries. It was an office inherited within the genos of the... more
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