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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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.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
The Sárkeszi mithraeum is unusual for its large dimensions and its semicircular eastern wall.
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
Relief of Aion on globe
Tauroctony from Zadar
Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
Cautes from Boppard
Altars of Dura Europos
Lápida mitráica de San Juan de la Isla
Mercury of Stockstadt
Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae
Tauroctony on intaglio
Sententia
My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
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Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.
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this capital from the cloister of the abbey of Monreal in sicily dates from the 12th century and is very disturbing…
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We note the alignment: the dog, Mithras’ thigh, cape, raven and Sol; on the other side: bull…
I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.
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