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Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

Andreu Abuín

Notitiae

News and articles
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    The MITHRA Project

    Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

     
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    The Father of Mithras

    It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.

     
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    Mithras in Hispania

    On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

     
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    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

     
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Some places to visit

  • Mitreo presso Porta Romana

    The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.

     
  • Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

    The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.

     
  • Mithraeum of Naples

    The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

     
  • Mitreo della Crypta Balbi

    The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.

     

Sententia

Comments from visitors

The New Mithraeum

Hoş geldin Sercan. Kendini evinde hisset!

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Veronica, as a woman you cannot attend the ceremonies in the mithraeum. But you can help prepar…

 

Milo Fascino

Il piacere è tutto mio.

 

Mithraeum.eu

Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.

on Mithräum von Schwarzerden

 

Antonio Moreno Rosa

The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…

on Mitra de Cabra

 

Kemal Koçak

Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chan…

on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

 

Sercan Sarıkaya

Hoşgeldin nebuch :)

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Remarkable monument not only because it is the first sculpted representation of the entire Mithraic …

on Tauroctony 593

 

Gabriel Simeoni

It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…

 
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