The Mysteries of Mithras. A Different Account
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
Books on Mithras
A TNM selection of books on Mithras, its cult, and related subjects.
The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
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…
The Mithras Conspiracy
Followers of a revived version of Mithraism in contemporary Italy threaten to overthrow the government and destroy the Vatican. Rome is in chaos. Earthquakes shake the city. The Pope is in a coma. And a Vatican scholar has been found dead in the Tiber…
Le Langage des oiseaux
Tous les oiseaux, connus et inconnus, se réunirent un jour pour constater qu'il leur manquait un roi. Exhortés par la huppe - messagère d'amour dans le Coran -, ils décidèrent de partir à la recherche de l'oiseau-roi Simorg, symbole de Dieu dans la …
Soma. Divine Mushroom of Immortality
R. Gordon Wà sson. — 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…
On Mithraism and Freemasonry
The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from these …
Encyclopédie des Mystiques Orientales
L’Égypte ancienne, Sumériens et Hittites, Assyrie et Babylonie, Iran ancien, Hindouisme, Bouddhisme indien, Bouddhisme tibétain, Mystique de yi-King, Confucianisme, Taoïsme, le Tch'an Chinois, Viet-Nam, Shinto, Bouddhisme japonais, Zen
Beck on Mithraism. Collected Works with New Essays
A venerable scholar of Mithraism, Beck assembles 17 reprinted and original articles from the past three decades that underpin the project to comprehend and describe the Mithraic mysteries more effectively than the traditional methods for studying the cult…
Le Dieu du Mal
Très intelligente petite étude du dualisme et plus précisément d'un de ses deux principes, celui du mal, conduisant des peuples primitifs aux Bogomiles et aux Cathares, par l'Iran ancien, le satan de la tradition judéo-chrétienne, la gnose et le man…
Archäologie des Mithraskultes. Architektur und Kultpraxis am Beispiel der Tempel von Güglingen, Kreis Heilbronn
In 1999 and 2002, two mithraeums were discovered in Güglingen. The first was a stone building and at the time of its discovery had already been stripped of almost all its temple furnish
The Basilica and the archaeological area of San Clemente in Rome. A Guide to the Three Levels with Ground Plans
Folio, large folder with superimposed and coloured plans of the three levels, explanation and legend. Also available in Italian.
Arcanum
