By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation: a disciplined passage from forgetfulness (Lethe) to knowledge (aletheia), from mortality to participation in the divine.
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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.
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
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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
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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First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
Tauroctony gemstone from Ploiești
Tauroctony from the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
Altars of Sol and Luna from Mundelsheim
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure
Medallions with Mithras from Trapezus
Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
Sententia
It’s much bluer in person.
on Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum
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Hey Marcus, not an expert on Discord, but couldn’t find you by lupuslux. Can you share the link here or DM me?
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Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería…
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Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere…
Respectfully brother I agree with you, although we may disagree on what that phrase refers to.
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
Dear Behzad, You are, of course quite right. That said, the earliest account of the tauroctony…
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