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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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.
In his first book, Fahim Ennouhi sheds light on the cult of Mithras in Roman Africa. A marginal and elitist phenomenon, confined to restricted circles and largely absent from local religious dynamics, yet revealing.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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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 Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
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 Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
Gemme with Mithras killing the bull
CIMRM 599
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Tauroctony from Dormagen
Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Slab of Quintus Claudius from Santiponce
Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum
Sententia
It is ironic that the logo of "the new mithraeum" represents the Platonic cosmic chiasma
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
British Museum: Gallery 1 (G1/od/nr186)
We note the alignment: the dog, Mithras’ thigh, cape, raven and Sol; on the other side: bull…
I see pineapples everywhere
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Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
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Thank you for your reply. My comment was in no way meant to be critical, I found the same information on the web…
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