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Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi

Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.

Dave Fingrut

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  • Life around the world’s largest Mithras temple revealed at Doliche

    Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.

    Newsroom

  • The Mysteries of Mithras

    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.

    Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox

  • The Mirror of Mithras

    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.

    P Sufenas Virius Lupus

  • A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier

    A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

  • Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra

    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.

    Agencia

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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Ša‘āra

    The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.

     
  • Mitreo presso Porta Romana

    The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.

     
  • Mithraeum of Jajce

    The remains of the Jajački Mithraeum were discovered accidentally during excavation for the construction of a private house in 1931.

     
  • Mitreo de Carminiello ai Mannesi

    The Mithraeum of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.

     

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Pattie L

CIMRM 807bis Vol 2, page 36

on Altar of Benifayó

 

Chris Huff

The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at…

on Mithraeum of Rudchester

 

Pattie Lawler

As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.

on Tauroctony on display in Boston

 

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Ego credo Platonis posteros doctrinam eius ita detorsisse, ut, pro luce quaerenda ad e spelunca exeundum…

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Pattie L

British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)

on Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

 

Carolyn Radlo

Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter…

on Mitreo di Felicissimo

 

Esfand Behr

Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.

on Mithras rock-birth of Trier

 

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Gaby Simeoni

Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería…

on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

 
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