Ziggurat
Vast, complex structures used for multiple purposes by various ancient
peoples. Despite their astounding height and width, most ziggurats were
accessible via only one easily guarded and self-destructible external
staircase. Structural purposes include, but are not limited to: the escape of
Great Floods and initiations of the Eleusinian Mysteries
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1 A system of ceremonial rites shrouded in enigma, reported to center around Persephone and her time as a captive in Hades. Cited by many scholars as a predecessor to Occultism, Freemasonry, and the Worship of Lucifer aka Satanism, it is now speculated that enactors of the Eleusinian Mysteries were under the influence of both psychedelic drugs and narcotics.