Focusing on the ethnological teachings and the testimonies of mythological narratives and their literary recordings, Panagiotis Lekatsas addresses in this particular book, "The Call of Theonifi," to delve into the subject of the sacred marriage and the recurring motif of hierogamy throughout the ages.

With the same scientific precision and boldness that characterizes his entire oeuvre, he revisits the myth of Io, the role of the divine bull, and the Minotaur, extending his research to the early Christian mystical tradition, the 'call of the Virgin Mary,' the hagiological tradition, and love magic, as attested by the oldest papyri.

(. . .) [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]