On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
Notitiae
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.
Libri
Introductio
Press clips
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 remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
One of the largest known Mithraea in Pannonia, the sanctuary of Sárkeszi stood near the Roman road linking Herculia and Aquincum.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony
Altar from Dvin
Bronze fibula with lion-headed Aion from Carnuntum
Sandstone tauroctony relief from Petronell-Carnuntum
Altar to Cautopates by Cresces from Ptuj
Tauroctony relief from Belkıs
Fragmentary tauroctony from Kostolac
Terracotta krater from the Friedberg Mithraeum
Tauroctony relief from Békásmegyer
Sententia
Indeed: “In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones…
Awesome. Thanks!!
I’m not sure I fully agree. This appears to be based on an overly literal reading that assumes…
Sol and Luna are reversed, and Cautes is a lazy boy, with a column to hold up his arm…
A revision of this: [ref:6a071346a6001]
An essential article for understanding the archaeoastronomical orientation of the Hawarte Mithraeum…
Dear Senior Amicus, While you are, strictly speaking, absolutely correct, it is worth recalling…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
;) and what about the armour!
on a post
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