Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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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:…
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.
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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 most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
Tauroctony from Split
Mithras killing the Bull from L'Origine de tous les cultes
Tauroctony relief from Villa Borghese
Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
Inscription of Cimber and Exsocho from Cologne
CIMRM 1665
Tauroctony from the Loggia Scoperta
Goblet of Angers
Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis
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on Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains
One hypothesis is that the mythology of the Roman secret society of Mithras was transformed into an esoteric society…
wHAT?WHat???
on CIMRM 1743
Sorry, am disabled so marching round a museum has to be a limited event. But if I am going will let you know.
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My cult here works with those thing with what said in avesta. I wanna know we are doing right or wrong…
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
I think it would depend on which end the flame was originally carved. Either way, he was burning a hand for sure!…
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Thank you, Pattie. I’ll take a look at those balls and find the right place for them ;)
I'm on it!
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