We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?
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Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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.
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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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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 Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.
The Mithraeum of Sabazeus was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.
Late Roman Mithraeum beneath a fourth-century church, preserving one of the most extensive cycles of Mithraic wall paintings ever discovered.
Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Tauroctony from Circo Massimo
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus
Triptic of Tróia
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Tauroctony from Sisak
Sol in quadriga of Entrains
Tauroctony from Aquileia
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Glad to be helpful. I can share two additional photographs of the site, showing the overall layout…
Just gorgeous.
lol my bad
Brilliant find. Thanks as usual!
Another angle of the sanctuary, showing its open layout toward the road.
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Monism, chiasm, and dialectics: three principles of thought.
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Thanks for noticing! CC now, omnia recte ;)
on Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains
