In this work, Attilio Mastrocinque cautions against an approach to Mithraism based on the belief that this mystic cult resembles Christianity. While both Christian and pagan authors testified that Mithraic elements were indeed borrowed, according to Attilio Mastrocinque this was only done by some gn
A TNM selection of books on Mithras, its cult, and related subjects.
With this analysis of Sol images, Steven E. Hijmans paints a new picture of the solar cult in ancient Rome. The paucity of literary evidence led Hijmans to prioritize visual sources, and he opens this study with a thorough discussion of the theoretical…
Nous voudrions rendre un hommage particulier à deux chercheurs : Franz Cumont (décédé) et Martin Vermaseren, pour leur oeuvre sur les monuments mithriatiques. De Cumont, nous avons deux ouvrages essentiels : Textes et monuments figurés relatifs…
Qui est Mithra, dieu solaire des anciens peuples iraniens, dont le nom est associé aux notions d’amour, de vérité et de pacte entre l’être humain et l’Ami, la divinité ? Quel rapport avec le système de croyance des Alévis…
A set of ancient inscriptions on marble found forty years ago in southern Italy, recording details so bewildering that scholars have kept silent about them. Strange evidence about a tradition of people who were mystics but who were so intensely practical that…
My intention in this study is to propose a comprehensive resolution of the ROTAS-SATOR enigma in which I maintain the following points: (1) the square is Mithraic, for the Mithraic triad is present: Saturnus-Aion, Sol Invictus and Mithra;…
A történelem homályában született, legalább 3500 éve ismert és máig tisztelt istenség a különböző korokban, vallásokban és alakokban felbukkanó Mithras, a fény. A kötet az isten történetének forrásait taglalja…
It is only when the penis (upastha) stands up straight, that it emits semen, the source of life. It is then called the phallus (lingam) and has been considered, since earliest prehistory the image of the creative principle, a symbol of the process by…
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