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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 del Palazzo Imperiale

    A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

     
  • Mithréum de Septeuil

    The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.

     
  • 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.

     
  • Mithraeum of Caernarfon

    The Mithraeum of Caernarfon, in Walles, was built in three phases during the 3rd century, and destroyed at the end of the 4th.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

 

Robert Fritzius

According to Robert J. Bull (February 2011) this Mithraeum has been demolished.

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Stephen Chappell

You might be interested in a digital reconstruction that I did of the 2nd c. AD tauroctonyhttps://tw

on Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

 
 

Ilona Lovász

There is a mixture of 2 mithraeums in the text. The first part and the inscriptions are about mithra…

 

Matthew K

Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…

 

Dominique PERSOONS

some pictures from 1895:

 

Stephen Chappell

OK, I'm very confused about Jozef's description of this 'submission' scene. The standing person - pe…

on Submission scene from Barberini

 
 

Zi

Le serpent photographié n'en fait pas partie.

on Mithréum de Bordeaux

 

Jorge Gallo

Benvenuto Milo! Un piacere...

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.

 
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