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.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
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
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.
The 'Mithraic cave' in the Gradische/Gradišče massif near St. Egidio contained vessels decorated with snakes and the remains of chicken bones and other animals that were consumed during Mithraic ceremonies.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
Head of Minerva from London
Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras
Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum
Mercury of Stockstadt
Aion of Oxyrhynchus
Tauroctony from Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
Tauroctony from St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Sententia
Thank you, Pattie. We have automatically added a number of references that indeed need revision!
on CIMRM 418
Salve Dominique and thank you for all the additional parallels you mentioned…
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
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere…
AVE , Hello, I'd like to offer you a Platonic interpretation of the Trier Relief…
Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected…
on The Mithreaum of Lugo reveals the expansion of the Persian cult to the boundaries of Hispania
I think there is no need of booking in advance. Just come to Frankfurt an feel happy Wolfgang…
Glad to be helpful. I can share two additional photographs of the site, showing the overall layout…
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