An esoteric journey through Mithraic sanctuaries, blood symbolism, initiation, solar mysteries and the survival of the pagan spirit in the West.
Notitiae
A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
Arguments for interpreting the Tomb of the Elephant as a Mithraeum based on architectural archaeology, digital surveying and archaeoastronomy.
We speak with Israel Campos Méndez about questions that continue to divide scholars: what links the Indo-Iranian Mithra to the deity worshipped in the Roman Empire, and what do we really know about the origins of Roman Mithraism?
Libri
Introductio
Press clips
Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
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
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.
Agencia
On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.
The underground cave which served as temple was cut into the conglomerate rock of the area, and a flight of eight steps of stone slabs led to it.
Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.
Excavated in 1919, the Mithraeum near the Roman Gate was installed in the 3rd century within a larger building complex.
Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris
Black jasper tauroctony from the Seyrig collection
Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim
Votive altar to Mithras from Poetovio
Possible tauroctony fragments from Artashat
Tauroctony relief from Ozd
Two-register tauroctony from Philippopolis
Tauroctony on yellow carnelian from Udine
Petrogenesis statue from Schachadorf
Sententia
Of course, Mithraism is a doctrine based on Chiasma, like Christianity and Platonism.
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He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.
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Awesome. Thanks!!
Pine-cone hunting season is officially open: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=pinea
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There are more than a few examples of tauroctonies without Sol and Luna. Space is always a consideration when carving stone…
Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.
Was working in the 2200s today and found an image of this tauroctony on Flickr…
