It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
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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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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.
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The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.
The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.
Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini
Tauroctony from Chrestos
Tauroctony relief from Verona
Portable tauroctony of Vienna
Limestone fragment from Porêts
Aion from Villa Barberini
Two-sided relief from Konjic
Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
Mithras with bow from Dieburg
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Thanks Pattie!
Thank you for your reply. My comment was in no way meant to be critical, I found the same information on the web…
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
Does anyone know what the outcome of this was? Was a lower layer of paint revealed?
on Under-layer wall-paintings with Mithraic grade procession and dipinti, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome
Dear Amicus: as early as the 3rd century AD, Plotinus wrote that the soul was divided into a lower and a higher part: ".…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and cooked bones…
Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepare the feast…
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It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemasonry…
He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.
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