The deification of the beautiful Antinous, and the religion that worshipped Him for nearly four hundred years has shocked and confused the world ever since. Christian moralists persecuted His priests until their religion was completely destroyed, but the images of Antinous that stood in His temples, such perfect likenesses that they are like photographs, survived. Over the centuries they were found one by one, having been lovingly buried by His devoted believers.

Antinous is almost forgotten in the world today. He is mentioned only briefly in Roman history. Art historians and lovers of classical sculpture are more familiar with Him, but the rest of the world has never heard His name. The modern pagan movement that is returning to the ancient gods of western civilization has completely ignored Him, because having lived a human life, He is not considered to be a real god. People are more willing to believe in mythology than in true stories.

This Temple is devoted to the resanctification of His graceful religion. In no way is this work the limit of who He is, or of what His religion consists of, and though it is delivered specifically as a mystery for homosexual men, there is ample reason to believe that Antinous was widely worshipped by people of every description.

The pages of this introduction are intended to present the true and living mystery of Antinous to a world in need of beautiful boys who can show us that we are all capable of becoming gods. These pages are an abbreviation of the Doctrine of Antinous, which in further detail divulges some of the many possible implications of His incredible story. Though subject to careful research, this is not a scholarly work on the historical Antinous, but an attempt at theological speculation on the mystery of Antinous, the last god of ancient Rome.