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Adams on Mithras

Restoring the Mysteries: A Conversation with Peter Mark Adams on his new book ‘Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras’.

Andreu Abuín

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    The Golden Chain of Initiation

    By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation:…

     
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    Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    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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    Mithras in Africa

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  • Life around the world’s largest Mithras temple revealed at Doliche

    Archaeologists at Doliche are now excavating houses around the vast Mithras temple to learn how people lived beside the sanctuary.

    Newsroom

  • The Mysteries of Mithras

    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

  • The Mirror of Mithras

    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.

    P Sufenas Virius Lupus

  • A new mithraeum discovered during excavation in Trier

    A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.

  • Hallan en el yacimiento romano de Cabra (Córdoba) un lugar de culto al dios Mithra

    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

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Some places to visit

  • Mithräum von Trier

    The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

     
  • Mithräum von Künzing

    The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

     
  • Mitreo dell’Esquilino

    In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.

     
  • Mitreo del Circo Massimo

    The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

I guess the author has made a mistake. The so called Casa del Mitreo has not provided any document related to Mithras cult…

on Cerro de San Albín

 

Andreu Abuín

And don’t forget the keys he’s carrying, another clear clue to his role...

on Aion of Orazio Muti

 

The New Mithraeum

Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!

on Ancient Secrets

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Vae tibi, qui sapientiam Magistri ignoras! Vere, ingenium Platonis in transpositione Babyloniorum…

on a post

 

Pattie Lawler

As of 2022 this piece is currently NOT on display.

on Tauroctony on display in Boston

 

Kemal Koçak

Love the picture of both guys besides the statue. Aren't they called Cautes and Cautopates by a chance?

on Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

 

Nik Shah

Porphyry says that the cave isn’t only the symbol of the Cosmos, but also the symbol of invisible powers…

on Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of Mithras

 

Chris Huff

On the York Tauroctony from C. Wellbeloved, Eburacum (1842) This Mithraic group was found in the year 1747…

on Tauroctony from York

 
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