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A name older than Greece

On what Hekate’s name may or may not tell us, and why the uncertainty matters.

Lenni George

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News and articles
from The New Mithraeum

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    Hekate

    Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.

     
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    A Man of the Gods and Mysteries

    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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    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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Press clips

  • 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

  • Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

     
  • Mitreo di Santa Prisca

    The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

     
  • Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

    This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

     
  • Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

    One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

     

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Guest insights

The New Mithraeum

Here you go: 🙄

on Sandstone base with Cautes from Vetera

 

Horia VIN

Thank you! ☺️ So nice!

on Mercury of Mérida

 

The New Mithraeum

Mmmm… do you mean this one?

on Stone statuette of Cautopates from Bordeaux

 

Martin Owen

We don’t have a website but we do have a Facebook page as the Longthorpe Legion, so please have a look and see what we do.

on Martin

 

The New Mithraeum

Salve Khaldi, and thank you for the correction. Indeed, only one legate is mentioned in this monument. Correction made…

on Celsianus

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Presumably, this camay served as a buffer, so it was depicted upside down, with the moon on the…

on Intaglio with Mithras and Abraxas at the Walters Art Museum

 

Pattie L

Looking at the cult as a purely Roman construct, men having sex with men was as acceptable as it…

on a post

 

Jorge Gallo

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on a post

 

Pattie L

Anyone have a photo of this piece?

on Limestone stele of a torchbearer from Apt

 
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