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.
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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.
In his first book, Fahim Ennouhi sheds light on the cult of Mithras in Roman Africa. A marginal and elitist phenomenon, confined to restricted circles and largely absent from local religious dynamics, yet revealing.
Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.
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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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In the second half of the 4th century, a Mithraic temple was established within an earlier spring sanctuary at Septeuil, where the cult of the nymphs and Mithraic practices appear to have coexisted.
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.
This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.
Antiochus I shakes hands with Mithras
Key of Mithraeum III at Nida
Sol and Luna fenster from Rome
Tauroctony from Ulpius Linus from Apulum
Inscription by Proficentius, Rome
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Tauroctony from Memphis
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
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Gracias a ti por unirte. Abrazos!
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British Museum: Gallery 70, display case 14 (G70/dc14)
I sincerely appreciate your response and the list of books you provided. Were your mentions of…
on Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026
here’s a wonderful article, full of meanings to explain the different gods…
Spent the day trying to find a better image of the tauroctony surround on the right in the case..…
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Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
Not yet. I’ll publish it in the group asap
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Greeaaaaaaat. Now I’m flying to Chicago. ;-) Thanks for the heads up.
Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible powers…
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