Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancien…
Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
Translation and Introductory Essay by Robert Lamberton. Station Hill Press Barrytown, New York 1983.
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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.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.
Sarah E. Bond
The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
The existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.
Mercury of Mérida
Cautopates from Jajce
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
Sol and Luna fenster from Rome
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)
Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln
Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida
Sententia
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
on Mithräum von Schwarzerden →I appreciate this article as it spawned and actual (gasp!) conversation on the facebook group. Mithr…
on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas →coment elft
on a post →the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
on a post →I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …
on Cautes des Bolards →Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
on Mitreo d'Orazio Muti →If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
on Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis →That’s a good excuse to open a discord server ;)
on a post →Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.
on Mithra, Mihr, and Zarathushtra →Libri