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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
from The New Mithraeum

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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

  • Mithraeum de Martigny

    The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

     
  • Mitreo de Lugo

    The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.

     
  • Mithraeum of Eleusis

    A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.

     
  • Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

    The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Chris Huff

On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the …

on Tauroctony of York

 

The New Mithraeum

Thank you for sharing @dominique.persoons It would be great if we can get it in a better definition.

 

The New Mithraeum

coment elft

 
 

Braulio

Gracias por compartir luz con tu trazado.

on Del mitraísmo a la masonería. Una historia de las ideas

 

Antonio Moreno Rosa

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

on Mitra de Cabra

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

 

The New Mithraeum

Welcome Mertseger. We do too ✨

 

The New Mithraeum

Excellent idea ;)

 
 

Matjaž Grahek

Lovely and mystic place to visit, hidden in the woods, surrounded by rocks.

on Mithraeum of Rožanec

 
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