The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.
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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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:…
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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 has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
Prostrate figure fresco from Capua Vetere
Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis
Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg
Petrogeny from Florence
Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Candelabrum of Caernarfon
Male figure with offerings from Dieburg
Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln
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En effet, des très belles œuvres de l'Antiquité à découvrir à la BnF.
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Hmmm… Vermaseren says the figure "points the torch *downwards* with *both hands*", so that would mean Cautopates…
Thanks Pattie!
I am interested in this as my 87 year old friend grew up in Burham and remembers a track she used…
Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and the simply curious…
Not yet. I’ll publish it in the group asap
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This him! ^__^ Now we need a better picture of that tauroctony.... ;-)
My point is not to disrespect your faith but to suggest that both the archangel and the deity have…
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