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?
Notitiae
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.
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.
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The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.
The Mithraeum in Halberg hill, near Saarbrücken, is one of the oldest historical places in the area.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
A possible Mithraic sanctuary attached to the luxurious Roman villa of Els Munts, near ancient Tarraco, whose interpretation remains disputed.
Taurcotony of Secundinus
Mitra de Cabra
Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
Fragments of Mithraic reliefs from Poetovio II
Mithraic relief from Rome
Cautes Borcovicus
Mithraic relief of Baden bei Wien
Tauroctony from Monreale
Tauroctony from the Cortile del Belvedere
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Any clue why this "counts" as two different CIMRM numbers?
A revision of this: [ref:6a071346a6001]
We note the alignment: the dog, Mithras’ thigh, cape, raven and Sol; on the other side: bull…
CIMRM 1614
I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...
CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…
Photo by the awesome Carole Raddato of Hollowing Hadrian.
some pictures from 1895:
There are more than a few examples of tauroctonies without Sol and Luna. Space is always a consideration when carving stone…
