Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
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On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
An esoteric journey through Mithraic sanctuaries, blood symbolism, initiation, solar mysteries and the survival of the pagan spirit in the West.
A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
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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.
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.
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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 Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
A Mithraeum was discovered in 2007, during the excavations at the Zerzevan Castle.
The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure
Marble inscription for a cult image of Mithras from Rome
Carnelian tauroctony gem from Carnuntum
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Budapest
Marble bull fragments from Garni
Terracotta krater from the Friedberg Mithraeum
Fragmentary tauroctony from Kostolac
Alabaster tauroctony fragment from Cologne
Tauroctony relief from Dülük
Sententia
You are most welcome, I’m glad that it was of use. E Do ut Des, I give pro publico bono so that you may give to others…
Dear Dominique, interesting observation. However, the placement of Selene (Luna) in this Mithraeum…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Thank you for this article. It expands the discussion of the origins of the religion…
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There has to be a mistake somewhere because it hase same CIMRM number as "Aion of Villa Albani"
I was just SO excited over this one. XOXO
Sol and Luna are reversed, and Cautes is a lazy boy, with a column to hold up his arm…
Dear Senior Amicus, While you are, strictly speaking, absolutely correct, it is worth recalling…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
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