Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
Notitiae
On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…
This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic sanctuaries in the Campanian region, situating it within its archaeological, iconographic, and ritual-historical contexts.
Introductio
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Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.
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The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.
Mysteriesofmithras/sandbox
Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
Agencia
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
The name of this domus comes from the fact that some authors once associated one of its mosaics with the cult of Mithras, a connection that has since been dismissed.
Raven from Stockstadt
Taurcotonia Dorée
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum
Petrogeny from Sibiu
Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo
Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo
Tauroctony from Sî`
Tauroctony from Palermo
Sententia
CIMRM 807bis Vol 2, page 36
Just gorgeous.
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Interesting that the couch's covering isn't recognizable as the slain bull, though I'm not sure I…
Thank you! ☺️ So nice!
Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar…
No, I think it's not fun, but really superstition. The Romans all wore amulets, often with a phallus and a hand…
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Is he being born from Capricorn? Winter Solstice?
Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.
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