Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
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Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
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:…
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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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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.
The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.
The Marino Mithraeum preserves one of the most elaborate painted cycles of Mithras’ myth, combining the tauroctony, planetary symbolism and scenes from the god’s sacred narrative.
The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
Petrogenesis statue from Schachadorf
Mithras carrying the bull
Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte
Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
Tauroctony from Târgușor
Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa
Statue of a mother goddess with child
Mithraic exvoto of Dalmatia
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Is that CIMRM 771 on the cover?
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That’s a good excuse to open a discord server ;)
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Thanks for sharing such an important piece of information
I think we were talking about two types of globes: you were mentioning the small spheres carried by certain figures…
Gallia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1948), pp. 289-347 (59 pages)
Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.
Does anyone know what the outcome of this was? Was a lower layer of paint revealed?
on Under-layer wall-paintings with Mithraic grade procession and dipinti, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome
Great. It's similar to the Mithraic temple in Maragheh, Iran. According to this photos…
It was, Pattie. It no longer exists…
