Shared meals, offerings and ceremonies of initiation brought the mysteries into the lives of his worshippers. Within the mithraeum, members took their places in a community whose activities recalled the deeds of the god and reflected the order of the heavens.
Notitiae
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.
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 Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
After Christianity was adopted, most pagan monuments were destroyed or abandoned. Garni, however, was preserved at the request of the sister of King Tiridates II and used as a summer residence for Armenian royalty.
Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.
There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.
Petrogenesis statue from Schachadorf
Tauroctony framed by acanthus leaves
Altar for Fons Dei
Altar of Manius Cretinus from Gherla
Seal of King Šauštatar of Mitanni
Alabaster tauroctony fragment from Cologne
Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony
Altar from Dvin
Tauroctony relief from Ozd
Sententia
Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.
Of course, Mithraism is a doctrine based on Chiasma, like Christianity and Platonism.
Indeed: “In front of the altars lay a ritual hearth, fed with special fuel made from Mediterranean pinecones…
Salve Isabelle, and thank you for pointing this out. You were right: the reference to Ad Enum was…
Sol and Luna are reversed, and Cautes is a lazy boy, with a column to hold up his arm…
Ave, dear Andreu, Christianity is contemporary with Mithras and indeed borrows the Platonic chiasma…
Aion is 545 I checked
Oh well, all I had to do was ask, and now we can tag shires too! There we go: https://www.mithraeum…
В египетски има дума heka което означава магия дори…
