Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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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.
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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.
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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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The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
Head of Antiochus I of Commagene
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Two-sided relief from Konjic
Altar of Aelius Valerianus from Illmitz
Tauroctony slab privately owned
Tauroctony from the Mithraeum of Lucciana
Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich
Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
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The Rudchester (Vidobala) Mithraeum Sometime before 1772 an unfinished altar was found at…
Indeed, Stephen. The catalogue is highly recommendable for all audiences, academic, professional and the simply curious…
Salve Martin and welcome to The New Mithraeum! Feel free to share your website for anyone interested in your great project!
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He does indeed have a life jacket; it was mandatory for the Romans.
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Nice collection, Levin! Thanks for sharing. Alwats a pleasure peeking at the shelves of fellow…
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Salve Ennio, The CIMRM is 1283. Unfortunately, I don’t know the inventory number wherever it is exposed…
Original is now in the Ötzi Museum in Bozen, but still not part of an exhibition. Lit…
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
Respectfully brother I agree with you, although we may disagree on what that phrase refers to.
on Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi
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