ABSTRACT
Plutarch, as we know, is a man supremely well versed in the culture of his time, as well as in the culture of times past, but one might well question whether mysticism in the ‘modern’ sense formed any part of his make-up. While he is of course thoroughly respectful, and observant, of the mystery cults and religious practices of his day — himself an initiate of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and a priest of Delphi — he is nonetheless a firm believer in the necessity of maintaining the rule of reason over any form of superstition or irrationality.
