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.
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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.
Agencia
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
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.
The Mithraeum of Vulci is remarkable because of his high benches and the arches below them.
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
Tauroctony from Gérman
Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca
Head of Mithras from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Imprint of a gem with Mithras killing the bull
Tauroctony from Aula Gotica
Petrogeny from Sibiu
Tauroctony from Toronto
Inscription by Velox of Aquileia
Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
Sententia
For the Capua Vetere Mithraeum, here’s the booking link https://cultura.gov…
Spent the day trying to find a better image of the tauroctony surround on the right in the case..…
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Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods…
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Salve Khaldi, and thank you for the correction. Indeed, only one legate is mentioned in this monument. Correction made…
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Interesting… but I think there might be a mix-up here. I mean everyone is entitled to their own…
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