The Dionysian themed frescos of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries constitute the single most important theurgical narrative to have survived in the Western esoteric tradition. No other practitioner account of the ritual process for conducting a mystery rite has survived down to today. The frescoesâ…
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'The book requires careful reading, because the style is tight and the plot is complex, but there can be no doubt that it is one of the most challenging, creative, and convincing monographs written on the Mithraic Mysteries.' John R. Hinnells, Journal of…
Mithras Reader: An academic and religious journal of Greek, Roman, and Persian studies is dedicated to all the religions of the classical world in all its aspects-literature, history, poetry and philosophy. It includes academic papers from researchers and…
« Voici un livre écrit dans l'enthousiasme, et capable de susciter des vocations. Il s'adresse à un public assez large, ce qui en excuse d'avance certains rapprochements un peu gros et certaines redites, point inutiles quand il s'agit de notions ou de …
In this work, Attilio Mastrocinque cautions against an approach to Mithraism based on the belief that this mystic cult resembles Christianity. While both Christian and pagan authors testified that Mithraic elements were indeed borrowed, according to Attil…
Neoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most si…
Fruit de longues années de recherche et de réflexion, cette synthèse historique solide retrace l'étonnante carrière de Julien, homme de lettres et empereur, par une succession de chapitres courts. Le gros de l'ouvrage porte sur la brève période …
Pour Alain Daniélou, l'Occident a perdu sa propre tradition et éloigné l'homme de la nature et du divin. Il nous fait découvrir ici que les rites et les croyances du monde occidental ancien sont très proches du Shivaïsme et très aisément expliqué…