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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The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.
Altar of Castlesteads
Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch
CIMRM 48
Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa
Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio
Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
CIMRM 1665
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Thank you for the beautiful image and the information. I haven’t had the chance to visit it yet…
Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
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I guess the author has made a mistake. The so called Casa del Mitreo has not provided any document related to Mithras cult…
I did not express myself well. I think that this golbe or ball is the soul but also of Plato's Anima Mundi…
Probably at home... but I’m at work. ;-) Will get back to you.
I knew this amazing capital in Monreale. In Sicily, isn’t it? It’s quite remarkable…
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