Originally published in Antaios, this interview explores a contemporary form of Mithraism combining solar worship, Neoplatonism and European identitarian thought.
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On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
An esoteric journey through Mithraic sanctuaries, blood symbolism, initiation, solar mysteries and the survival of the pagan spirit in the West.
A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
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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 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
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.
Agencia
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
Amethyst intaglio with Tauroctony
Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim
Votive altar to Deo Invicto from Wiesbaden
Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles
Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris
Fragments of Mithraic reliefs from Poetovio II
Altar to Cautes by Septimius Valentinus
Marble relief fragment of Mithras from Apulum
Tauroctony relief from Ozd
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Awesome. Thanks!!
He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.
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Hi Yannick, thanks for checking. Just to clarify, 545 is the TNMM number, not the CIMRM number.
There was an actual (charred) pinecone found in the floor at Carrawburgh. Understandably hard to tag…
I was just SO excited over this one. XOXO
Dear Amicus: as early as the 3rd century AD, Plotinus wrote that the soul was divided into a lower and a higher part: ".…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Indeed: “In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones…
directed light and ideas of the cosmos could momentarily converge. Rather than depicting an actual ceremony…
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Amazing article, thank you.
