Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
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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.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
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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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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 of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic sanctuaries so far documented in Bavaria, Germany.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
Mithraic sanctuary found at Biljanovac north-east of Kumanovo, Moesia Superior, with a pronaos and inner sanctuary, yielding marble reliefs, an altar, and associated cult objects.
The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.
Tauroctonic medallion from Caesarea Maritima
Tauroctony in Copenhagen
Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca
Four-sided limestone altar from Trier
Giant from Santa Prisca
Inscription of Pylades from Angers
Altar with Inscription to Mithras of Rottenburg
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
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On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…
Monreal 12th centyry AD. 1,000 years after mithraism...
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
As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.
You can see, by the scoring in the "stone", that the corner was simply added to make it more…
Salve Pattie. I suspect they have been merged because there is not much information on them other…
Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería…
Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Thank you for sharing, Yannick. Our factsheet here: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/1399
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