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René Guénon’s study of the “King of the World” and the hidden spiritual centre said to underlie the sacred geography, symbols and traditional order of different civilisations.

René Guénon’s foundational study of Hindu doctrines, presenting them as expressions of an immutable metaphysical tradition while challenging Western interpretations of Indian religion and philosophy.

Alain Daniélou traces Shiva and Dionysus to a common prehistoric tradition, presenting Shaivism as a surviving key to the pagan religions, rites and symbols of the ancient West.

Alain Daniélou’s autobiographical journey between East and West, tracing his pursuit of spiritual freedom, beauty and the sacred from Europe to India and back again.

The second Antaios dossier on Hindutva, bringing together pagan, traditionalist and Hindu perspectives on India, with contributions by Alain Daniélou, Alain de Benoist and others.

Influential British periodical that brought together occultism, psychical research, comparative religion and the study of ancient mysteries.

Founded by H. P. Blavatsky in Bombay in 1879, the journal of the Theosophical Society became a major forum for Theosophy, comparative religion, occultism and the study of ancient spiritual traditions.

The London Theosophical monthly that succeeded H. P. Blavatsky’s Lucifer in 1897, edited by Annie Besant and G. R. S. Mead and devoted to comparative religion, occultism and ancient spiritual traditions.

Manly P. Hall’s monumental 1928 survey of the ancient Mysteries, occult philosophy and esoteric symbolism, including an influential modern interpretation of the rites and symbolism of Mithras.

A London monthly founded by H. P. Blavatsky in 1887, Lucifer became an important forum for Theosophical writing on religion, esotericism, symbolism and the ancient Mysteries.

Dedicated an altar at Vasio on the occasion of his initiation into the grade of Perses.

Roman citizen who dedicated a bronze plaque to Mithras with his ‘brother’ Agathopus at Siscia.

A wide-ranging interpretation of Mithraic symbolism, ritual and initiation, exploring boundaries, hierarchy, gender and the construction of an exclusively male religious world.

A cognitive study of the Roman cult of Mithras, exploring how initiation, ritual, iconography and the Mithraic environment shaped the perception, identity and worldview of its initiates.

Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.

A marble tauroctony discovered in the military quarter of ancient Zeugma, providing the first known evidence for the cult of Mithras at the city.

Melinda Szabó on Caius Antonius Rufus and the reorganisation of the Roman customs administration at Poetovio under Marcus Aurelius.