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Jorge Gallo

IT freaky guy protected by Cautes and Cautopates (both at once), made in Barcelona, willing to engage with other guys or gals into the same trips.

jorge.gallo
Barcelona, Spain
Joined December 2020
 
 
May 2023
NewComentum

glad you enjoyed. it's just a draft by now. Cheers.

 
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Apr 2023
Comentum

I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures, including Mithras himself, while I was thinking of these large globes that might represent the universe, often surrounded by two perpendicular circles. In any case, large or small, they are all labelled with the word globus. Let me know if you find any monuments that are not marked, so I can add them.

 
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Apr 2023
NewComentum

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography, at least as far as I know. I've seen it surrounded by two circles, which some authors associate with the precession of the equinoxes and the intersection of the celestial equator with the zodiac. In this case, the resurrection of the soul could be an explanation, could you develop it?

 
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Jan 2023
NewComentum

If you want definitive proof that Mithraism was different in every corner of the empire, just read this book! What the hell was going on in Britannia? I admit that love pulp fiction and have been interested in Mithraism for so long that I expected to have fun with this one. I did, not as much as I'd have liked, but it's a read. You might think that Mithraism is a great subject for fiction. A novelist can amuse himself by filling in the many gaps that surround the cult. Yet Lukas Scott decides to reinvent the whole thing, content to keep a very light and often erratic skeleton to build his story. The characters lack volume. We don't know much about their backstories and that's probably for the best. A light plot seems to be building up behind the scenes, but not really, the whole thing decanting into a sort of a love story (or so Scott tells us) between a Brit and a Roman. And of course, they both have beautiful, strong, young, perfect muscular bodies with big, long johns. Other than th....

 
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Dec 2022
NewVideo

Vulgariser Mithra. Rencontre avec Jean-Christophe Piot

Jean-Christophe Piot a participé à la réalisation de l'exposition 'Le mystère Mithra' en réalisant des pastilles sonores sur certaines œuvres de l'exposition.

 
Dec 2022
NewComentum

I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...

 
On0
 
Dec 2022
NewComentum

If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, they must have had some fun in this temple.

 
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus and a hand, even children wore them. In the mithraeum there could be talismans
 
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May 2021
NewMonumentum

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

 
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We find this in Muslim countries with the hand of Fatima, the middle finger protects from the evil eye. The middle finger is the phallic finger (expression 'fuck of... this expression comes directly from the Romans). The Phallus protected from the evil eye. Also the snake, the scorpion, the raven but also the fork, the snail, the cat etc.. as we can see on the mosaic of Antioch 'KAI SU'. Of course, this a particular meaning to the dog and the snake under the bull of Mithras...
 
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, they must have had some fun in this temple.
 
May 2021
NewMonumentum

Mithraeum of Tiddis

The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

 
May 2021
NewComentum

Congratulations to the city hall of Lugo and all the team who participated in this unexpected discover that pushes forward the reach of Mithras' cult!

 
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Dec 2020
NewSocius

IT freaky guy protected by Cautes and Cautopates (both at once), made in Barcelona, willing to engage with other guys or gals into the same trips.

 
Feb 2005
Monumentum

Mithraeum of Tiddis

The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

 
Feb 2005
Monumentum

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

 
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We find this in Muslim countries with the hand of Fatima, the middle finger protects from the evil eye. The middle finger is the phallic finger (expression 'fuck of... this expression comes directly from the Romans). The Phallus protected from the evil eye. Also the snake, the scorpion, the raven but also the fork, the snail, the cat etc.. as we can see on the mosaic of Antioch 'KAI SU'. Of course, this a particular meaning to the dog and the snake under the bull of Mithras...
 
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, they must have had some fun in this temple.