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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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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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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 Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.
Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
Mithraic relief from Rome
Cup of Eutyches from Martigny
Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
Petrogeny from Sibiu
Round Tauroctony of Split
Tauroctony from Neuenheim
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
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I'd have liked to see the face of the carabinieri when they discovered the sculpture.
on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market
Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...
I think it would depend on which end the flame was originally carved. Either way, he was burning a hand for sure!…
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This is a great Mithraeum and a obliged visit if you go to Roma. It is located below San Clemente…
Photo by the awesome Carole Raddato of Hollowing Hadrian.
A beautiful piece of art, which indeed seems to be quite inspired by the mithraic Aion…
Respectfully brother I agree with you, although we may disagree on what that phrase refers to.
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