On universal traditions, local communities, initiation and ritual in the Roman cult of Mithras with Csaba Szabó.
Notitiae
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.
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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.
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.
Two-sided relief from Stockstadt
Marble bull fragments from Garni
Bronze torchbearers from the Cabinet des Médailles
Prehistoric axe with Mithraic associations from Argolis
Votive altar to Mithras from Poetovio
Marble inscription for a cult image of Mithras from Rome
Marble relief fragment of Mithras from Apulum
Fragments of Mithraic reliefs from Poetovio II
Altar to Cautopates by Cresces from Ptuj
Sententia
Thrilled to help. =D
On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…
Salve Pattie, In case you missed it, there is also a page on the mithraeum itself: https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/39…
Ave, dear Andreu, Christianity is contemporary with Mithras and indeed borrows the Platonic chiasma…
В египетски има дума heka което означава магия дори…
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
An essential article for understanding the archaeoastronomical orientation of the Hawarte Mithraeum…
Many thanks, Kutalmış. The record has now been corrected and your 2017 publication added as the original reference…
There was an actual (charred) pinecone found in the floor at Carrawburgh. Understandably hard to tag…
