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A space for contemporary esoteric and symbolic reflections inspired by ancient mystery traditions, open to sharing ideas, texts, articles, events, and personal interpretations.

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The Chaldean Oracles: A different perspective

Mateusz Zalewski
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
A theological experiment in Neo-Platonic realism, theology of arithmetic, and teleological metamorphoses of powers in the divine, terrestrial, and chthonic worlds across the cosmic symphony.
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Amazing article, thank you.
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You are most welcome, I’m glad that it was of use. E Do ut Des, I give pro publico bono so that you may give to others. Best regards, thank you!
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The Mysteries of Mithras

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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.
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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Re-reading Herculean labors through philosopher’s lens

Mateusz Zalewski
Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
Labors of Hercules as planetary zodiacal initiations: model mystagogy. The alchemy of Herculean labors.
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The Golden Chain of Initiation: Orphism, Eleusis, and Mystagogy—A Reinterpretation

Mateusz Zalewski
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation: a disciplined passage from forgetfulness (Lethe) to knowledge (aletheia), from mortality to participation in the divine.
By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation: a disciplined passage from forgetfulness (Lethe) to knowledge (aletheia), from mortality to participation in the divine.
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Mithraeum at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Revisited in February 2026

Mateusz Zalewski
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.
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.
Mateusz Zalewski
Dear Dominique, interesting observation. However, the placement of Selene (Luna) in this Mithraeum is positioned opposite the Tauroctony scene, evoking a symbolic sun-moon connection—much like the alchemical Lunar Queen (who reflects) and Solar King (who illuminates). It thus appears that all planetary and zodiacal works are carried out under their joint oversight. Thank you and best regards.Dear Dominique, interesting observation. However, the placement of Selene (Luna) in this Mithraeum i…
Dominique PERSOONS
Dear Amicus: as early as the 3rd century AD, Plotinus wrote that the soul was divided into a lower and a higher part:

"...there is the soul we call divine, by which we are ourselves, and the other soul, the one that comes from the universe (our world). We derive our character, our actions, and our passions [Ego] from the lower soul... but thanks to our higher soul [Spirit], we can master our lower part and free ourselves from the order imposed by the world soul [Management] on the rest of the universe."

One of Plotinus’s most justly famous concepts concerns his theory of the different levels of self-awareness. The duality of the soul was conceived by Plato around 350 BC (but already explored by Homer in the previous century). This is a defining characteristic of Western philosophy. Plotinus, by discovering that one of the parts had to be divine, made metempsychosis impossible
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