Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.
Notitiae
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:…
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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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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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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Excavated in 1919, the Mithraeum near the Roman Gate was installed in the 3rd century within a larger building complex.
The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.
Mithras hunting from Dura Europos
Tauroctony from Albacini
Lion-headed Aion from Sidon
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Altar from the Mitreo di Marino
Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Tauroctony from Syracuse
CIMRM 1019
Altar of Gaius Iulius Crescens of Friedberg for Respectus
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Same here!
Thank you Pattie! Just updated the monument with the right CIMRM reference.
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
You’re doing a remarkable job (… and you’re the main reason I even venture onto fb 😉)
on CIMRM 1694
what’s the inventar number?
Here you go: 🙄
on CIMRM 1006
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Photo by the awesome Carole Raddato of Hollowing Hadrian.
on CIMRM 1019
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