R. Gordon Wasson. Soma, Divine Mushroom of Immortality, New York, Harcourt, Brace and World; Inc., 1968, Ethno-mycological studies, n° 1, xiv + 382 p., XXIII pl. hors texte en couleurs, 10 fig., 4 cartes. M. Wasson, qui s’est déjà fait connaître par d’intéressants travaux d’ethno-mycologie…
A TNM selection of books on Mithras, its cult, and related subjects.
Ana, Jorge y Salva huyen de Barcelona. Pretenden atravesar la península y esconderse en un pueblo de Portugal. Sin embargo, llegados a Aragón, derrapan frente a una furgoneta y se despeñan por la ladera de la carretera. El coche queda destrozado, pero ellos sobreviven…
Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras – The Secret Cult of Saturn in Imperial Rome takes readers deep into the heart of the Mithraic mysteries, offering a profound exploration of the cult’s ritual practices and transformative visionary experiences…
Mithraism in Ostia. Mystery Religion and Christianity in the Ancient Port of Rome.
Tras reunir, traducir y editar, los textos incluidos en este dossier, confesamos que el conjunto nos ha impresionado particularmente. Hasta ese momento, creíamos sabíamos solamente que el mithraismo era una forma de paganismo, caracterizado -como…
Jean Varenne. — Zarathushtra et la tradition mazdéenne, coll. « Maîtres spirituels », n° 35, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1966, 181 p. — Vouloir tracer en moins de deux cents pages un tableau complet de la tradition mazdéenne est certes une gageure…
Followers of a revived version of Mithraism in contemporary Italy threaten to overthrow the government and destroy the Vatican. Rome is in chaos. Earthquakes shake the city. The Pope is in a coma. And a Vatican scholar has been found dead in the Tiber…
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with…
The following is the opinion of the great majority of learned men. By some it is maintained that there are two gods, rivals as it were, authors the one of good and the other of evil. Others confine the name of god to the good power, the other they term demon…
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