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 Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
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.
The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan
Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim
Basin from Mitreo della Planta Pedis
Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Altar of Bergamo
Column to Nabarze of Protas
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AVE , Hello, I'd like to offer you a Platonic interpretation of the Trier Relief…
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Does anyone know what the outcome of this was? Was a lower layer of paint revealed?
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I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures…
We note the alignment: the dog, Mithras’ thigh, cape, raven and Sol; on the other side: bull…
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