Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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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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 city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
Dedication inscription from Koenigshoffen Mithraeum
Amethyst intaglio with Tauroctony
Plaque of Meknès
Tauroctony from Hermopolis
Candelabrum of Doryphorus
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Round Tauroctony of Split
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It’s like I’m being followed... but in a good way. ^__^
on Sandstone base with Medusa and torchbearer from Carnuntum
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Thanks Pattie!
My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
And don’t forget the keys he’s carrying, another clear clue to his role...
Thank you, Jaime, for your clarification of this monument, previously identified as Mithraic…
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned…
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