Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
Notitiae
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
Introductio
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
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Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.
Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
The two altars found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim one of Sol and the other of Luna, are exposed in situ.
Altar to Semele from Cologne
Stele of Acilius Pisonianus from Milan
Painted tauroctony from Rome
Tauroctony from Syracuse
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim
Tauroctony relief from Villa Borghese
Tauroctony from Strasbourg
Sententia
I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
The Two Gates: Thank you very much for sharing this Dominique. Traditionally…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
;) and what about the armour!
on a post
We don’t have a website but we do have a Facebook page as the Longthorpe Legion, so please have a look and see what we do.
on Martin
Thank you for noticing. Indeed, the title did not correspond to the article, which is actually…
on CIMRM 110
What a wonderful task! Of course, it came with an investment in ritual experience some years ago…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
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on @jacques
The map entry seems to be wrong, nowhere near Saarbrücken
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