hierophantes ((ιεροφαντης)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: he who shows sacred things

Long Description: hierophant, priest of Eleusis, he who shows sacred things; since the language of mysteries were employed by Plato and the later Platonists, philosophy is often regarded in terms of a mystery initiation, and a true philosopher or a spiritual leader of hairesis is equated to the hierophant of mysteries.;

Sources: The Golden Chain: An Anthology of Platonic and Pythagorean Philosophy, by Dr. Algis Uždavinys