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 Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.
Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
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Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection
Statue of a mother goddess with child
Altar of Pisignano
Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne
Mithraic vessel of Mainz
Tabula ansata from Brigetio
Intaglio of Mithras Tauroctonus at the Walters Art Museum
Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
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By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the medieval times: https:…
Gallia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1948), pp. 289-347 (59 pages)
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Thanks. That helped.
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Oceanus appears several times in Mithraic iconography. In some cases, though it is unclear whether it is Oceanus or Saturn…
Salve Martin and welcome to The New Mithraeum! Feel free to share your website for anyone interested in your great project!
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Anyone have a photo of this piece?
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Lovely and mystic place to visit, hidden in the woods, surrounded by rocks.
I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten…
Richard Gordon suggests the object on the Miles step is a bull’s hindquarter…
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