Daily Gazette
Acta diurna is our Mithraic social stream for keeping up to date with what is happening in The New Mithraeum.
Nymphæum
Welcome to Nymphaeum, a group dedicated to the nymphi, satyrs, silenus, faunos and all sorts of libidinous creatures.
Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.
Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered sun and 18th-century English Masonry notes the similarity of the (supposed) rituals. It is possible to draw attention to a few visual aspects: - the followers face each other - initiation was secret - there are several levels of progression in the ritual - temples are small and often private - the temples are oriented according to the sun, and the place of the Pater (with his solar crown) is theoretically in the east (rising sun). - In 1976, Richard Gordon showed that each Mithraic grade corresponded to a star, in particular the sun and the moon, and had a specific place in the lodge. Similarly, Masonry has retained references to the moon and the sun, and a specific place for each officer. - Mithraism works according to the path of the souls in the rotating wheel of the Zodiac. Particularly the cycle of resurrection, Masons also venerate the 'Eternal East'. The Orthodox make...
From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas
Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.
Aurelius Iustinianus
Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.
Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
This altar dedicated to the Invincible Sol Mithra was found in 1878 in a cemetery in Alba Iulia.
Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas of Doştat
This monument bears an inscription by a certain Lucius Aelius Hylas, in which he associates Sol Invictus with Jupiter.
Flavius Horimos
Freedman and administrator of the country estate of a certain Flavius Macedo in Moesia.
Tauroctony of Târgușor
This limestone relief of Mithras killing the bull bears an inscription by a certain Flavius Horimos, consecrated in a 'secret forest' in Moesia.
Straton
The son of an eponymous person, he consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
Autel of Straton from Kreta
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
Ision
An imperial slave and customs officer in Illyria, he built a temple to Mithras in Moesia.
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.
Tauroctony of Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
Altar of Hostilius from Skelani
This damaged monument of a certain Hostilius from Malvesiatium, now Skelani, bears an inscription apparently to Mithras transitus.
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.
