Ancient Mystery Religions - The Book of Isis, Metamorphoses

The Book of Isis is the 11th chapter of the novel “Metamorphoses“ or “The Golden Ass“, written around 180 AD by the Roman author and priest, Lucius Apuleius. The protagonist, Lucius, is transformed into an ass and has to suffer the abuse and depravities of human beings from all stratas of society. The novel is funny, often quite erotic, and was read as pornography throughout the medieval ages, enlightenment ages and Victorian ages. But to the Roman Apuleius,