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Roman Mysticism

If there was a sudden bolt of lightning in the sky, or a fit caused by someone in an assembly there were great things to consider. Fits were always a bad and serious matter, but if lighting was observed during the taking of the auspices, then it was a good omen. (Ward 62-71).
             G-ds.
             Without either becoming "the deity" or the focus of worship, humans could make the dramatic change from earthly to divine existence. The transformation of a human into a divine being was carried out in many ways by the Romans. Burial, seeing a g-d, a journey through heaven, and being vegetarian were all ways of becoming divine. There was also the process of being drenched in blood and then dipped in water. The Romans adopted these processes from the Jews and Christians of their time. (Janowitz 70-74).
             The Sibylline Books.
             The Sibylline Books were consulted on the order of the Senate at times of crisis in order to learn how the wrath of the gods could be allayed. The story is that a sibyl offered to Tarquinius Superbus a collection of prophecies and warnings in the form of nine books at a very high price. Tarquinius Superbus refused, and the sibyl threw three of the books into the fire and offered him the remaining six at the original price of the nine. Tarquinius Superbus refused again causing the sibyl to once again burn three more and offered him the remaining three, still at the same price. This time Tarquinius Superbus bought the books even though if he bought them in the first place he would have had nine instead of three. The Sibylline Books remained with Tarquinius Superbus until they were accidentally burned in 83 BC, and messengers were sent all round the known land to collect a set of similar utterances. Augustus found a substitute for them and then had the new collection put in the temple of Apollo on the Palatine Hill, where it remained until it was finally destroyed in the fifth century.


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