For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.
Notitiae
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:…
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
Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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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.
Agencia
The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.
The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.
The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida
Tauroctony on display in Boston
Tauroctony from St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace
Marble statue of Cautopates from Intercisa
Mosaic of Cautes and Cautopates in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
Lion of Carnuntum III
Marble inscription for a cult image of Mithras from Rome
Altar to Transitus from Sárkeszi
Sententia
Thanks Pattie!
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This him! ^__^ Now we need a better picture of that tauroctony.... ;-)
Salve Martin and welcome to The New Mithraeum! Feel free to share your website for anyone interested in your great project!
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Welcome Nathalie. You can contact members who allow it by clicking on the arrow icon at the top right of their profile.
Wowsers
It’s much bluer in person.
on Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
Oceanus appears several times in Mithraic iconography. In some cases, though it is unclear whether it is Oceanus or Saturn…
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