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The Roman Cult of Mithras. The God and His Mysteries

Manfred Clauss

The Mithras cult first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of the Western empire. Energetically suppressed by the early Christians, who frequently constructed their churches over the caves in which Mithraic rituals

 
 

Books on Mithras

A TNM selection of books on Mithras, its cult, and related subjects.

Mithraic Iconography and Ideology

Mithraic Iconography and Ideology

Leroy A. Campbell

CAMPBELL (L.A.) Mithraic Iconography and Ideology Leyde E.J Brill 1968 444 p. 26 figures 45 planches Études préliminaires aux religions orientales dans empire romain XI) Auteur d'une Typologie de Mithra taurochtone, L.A. Campbell a entrepris de déga…

The Game of Saturn. Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi

The Game of Saturn. Decoding the Sola-Busca Tarocchi

Peter Mark Adams

The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot. It reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and enc…

 
 
The Mysteries of Mithras

The Mysteries of Mithras

Edward Clary

Holmes Publishing Group, 1993. A FINE COPY, bound in custom wraps with parchment overlay. The development of Mithraism with special attention to its relationship with Gnosticism. (Item ID: JH-209-8)

 
El culto de Mitra en Hispania

El culto de Mitra en Hispania

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

La religión de la Hispania romana no ha sido un campo suficientemente trabajado. Al margen de algunos estudios aislados, que por numerosos que sean siempre resultarán escasos, tan sólo en una ocasión se han dado cita los especialistas para tratar de a…

Soma. Divine Mushroom of Immortality

Soma. Divine Mushroom of Immortality

Robert Gordon Wasson

R. Gordon Wàsson. — Soma, Divine Mushroom of Immortality, New York, Harcourt, Brace and World; Inc., 1968, Ethno-mycological studies, n° 1, xiv + 382 p., XXIII pl. hors texte en couleurs, 10 fig., 4 cartes. M. Wasson, qui s'est déjà fait connaÃ…

 
Les Religions de l'Iran

Les Religions de l'Iran

Geo Widengren

Ce livre constitue le douzième volume de la collection: « Les Religions de l'Humanité ». Son A., professeur à l'Université d'Upsal, est bien connu pour ses nombreux travaux sur le sujet, qui est ici abordé. Son but es de « donner un exposé relati…

The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

autores varios

The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the Heart of a Roman Cult is being presented at the Musée royal de Mariemont from 20 November 2021 to 17 April 2022, then at the Musée Saint-Raymond de Toulouse from 14 May 2022 to 30 October 2022, and la…

 
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