Originally published in Antaios, this interview explores a contemporary form of Mithraism combining solar worship, Neoplatonism and European identitarian thought.
Notitiae
On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
An esoteric journey through Mithraic sanctuaries, blood symbolism, initiation, solar mysteries and the survival of the pagan spirit in the West.
A flaw in the dominant narrative or just the usual genealogy?
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
Libri
Introductio
Press clips
Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
Newsroom
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
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
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.
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
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 floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
Bronze torchbearer from the Cabinet des Médailles
Tauroctony relief from Békásmegyer
Torchbearer head from Heddernheim
Alabaster tauroctony fragment from Cologne
Altar bearing a relief of Cautopates from Silistra
Possible tauroctony fragments from Artashat
Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure
Tauroctony from Reșca
Altar of Manius Cretinus from Gherla
Sententia
I’m not sure I fully agree. This appears to be based on an overly literal reading that assumes…
Ave, dear Andreu, Christianity is contemporary with Mithras and indeed borrows the Platonic chiasma…
Oh well, all I had to do was ask, and now we can tag shires too! There we go: https://www.mithraeum…
Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.
Monism, chiasm, and dialectics: three principles of thought.
Dear Senior Amicus, While you are, strictly speaking, absolutely correct, it is worth recalling…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
Of course, Mithraism is a doctrine based on Chiasma, like Christianity and Platonism.
Sweet!!
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