Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
Notitiae
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:…
Introductio
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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 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
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 of Carminiello ai Mannesi was installed in two rooms of a 1st century BC domus.
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
The Mithraeum of Saara, Syria, has been identified through the deciphering of the remains of the iconographic programme on its arch.
Sol and Mithras fresco of Dura Europos
Gemme with Mithras killing the bull
Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
Initiation scene from Capua Vetere
Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte
Tauroctony from the Loggia Scoperta
Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
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Sententia
I kinda see a pineapple...
on CIMRM 1743
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere…
I guess indeed Vermaseren was referring to what we call pine cones today.
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Not yet. I’ll publish it in the group asap
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<3
on CIMRM 1694
12 178 ROMA ROMA (Reg. IX) is part of the next entry and should be removed from here. ;-)
on CIMRM 418
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
Dear Aleš, Thank you for your feedback. After reviewing the information, I can confirm that the…
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