Who wrote “…Under which the Mystics endeaver to lead their votaries to the knowledge of divine truths; and..

Question by C.G. Triggs: Who wrote “…Under which the Mystics endeaver to lead their votaries to the knowledge of divine truths; and..
The quote is “…Under which the Mystics endeaver to lead their votaries to the knowledge of divine truths; and though some of these are more clear and explicit then others, yet are they not any of them without hazard; for whilst some person, by wholly mistaking their meaning and application, have thereby plunged themselves into supersition, others, that they might avoid so fatal a quagmire, have unawares dashed themselves upon the rock of atheism”

Who said this?

Best answer:

Answer by Steve D
Thomas Taylor. It’s from Taylor’s translation of “The Hymns of Orpheus,” a set of poems attributed to Orpheus himself. Taylor published his translation from the pre-classical Greek in 1792. The passage you quoted is actually from one of Taylor’s explanatory footnotes to hymn XLI, “To Mises.”

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