Saint Cyprian

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Cyprian of Antioch was born in Carthage as a pagan child dedicated to the service of Apollo, Greek God of light, youth, healing, and prophecy. He entered the mysteries of Mithras at the age of seven, carried the torch of Demeter, wore the white garments of Kore, and served the serpent of Pallas. He was then sent off to Mount Olympus to be initiated into communion of dæmons who are born from the echoes of the heavenly voices, feeding only on fruits and acorns after sunset for twenty-nine days.At the age of ten he learned divination from the movement of animals, the sound of trees, and from the whispers of the dead. At the age of fifteen he lived in Argos and served the goddess Juno. He then lived in Icara where he served the goddess Diana, and then Sparta where he learned incantations on how to commune with the dead.He moved to Memphis, Egypt at the age of twenty where he learned the ways of possession and demonology, meeting the dæmons the Great Solomon once had. It is also said that this is where Cyprian learned how to magically induce natural disasters.