The torchbearers are at work. Expect the occasional flicker while we tend the grotto.
Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
Notitiae
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.
Agencia
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
Tauroctony from Neuenheim
Aion gold figurine from Geneva
Inscribed statue base from Stabiae
Bronze Venus of Sidon
Petrogeny from Florence
Bust of Aion of unkown origine
Mithraic Sol altar with backlight of Bingen
Tauroctony from St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Head of Mithras at Nemrud Dag
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Spent the day trying to find a better image of the tauroctony surround on the right in the case..…
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the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the…
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Veronica, I surfed onto your profile and would like to assure you that Mithras welcomes everyone…
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I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
Thank you for sharing your observation and perspective.
CIMRM 1743 You’re as dyslexic as me! ;-) (Gotta love that the inventory number is stamped right on the stomach…
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New excavations in the Villa del Mitra (Nov 22-February 23) have provided a room with benches and cooked bones…
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