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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Scriptum

#153

It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite…

 
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#264

Hello everybody. Does anyone know the opening hours of San Clemente in Rome? I went last week with a friend and it was closed

 
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Altar of Aelius Valerianus from Illmitz

Found in Illmitz, Austria, in 1959, this altar was dedicated to the unconquered god Mithras by a certain Aelius Valerianus.

 
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#263

Salvete fratres, I created a fresh new Discord server. Here is the invitation which is valid until 21 July 2024. If you are interested in joining, read the regulations carefully first. If the link doesn’t work DM on Discord at lupuslux. Valete…

 
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#261

We are delighted to announce that the dates for MithraCon 2025 have been set for the last weekend in April, from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th. Mithracon is an informal research convention for people interested in the study of the god Mithras…

 
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Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares

Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.

 
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#258

New tag to find all the post-classical monuments on a single page: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=postclassical

 
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#257

A few ‘workarounds’ for saying ‘yes’ in Latin by [ref:6668b01a4713d]

 
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Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale

The votive image was donated by a certain Verus for a mithraeum which was probably located in the hinterland of the Limes.

 
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#256

Disce latinum cotidie

 
Notitia

Re-interpreting the Mysteries of Mithras

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

 
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Brideman of Mithras

Excerpted from Mushroom, Myth and Mithras, this passage elaborates on the Mithraic ritual and the degree of Nymphus.

 
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A mithraic ritual

Preamble and notes published by G. R. S. Mead in his series Echoes from the Gnosis 1907, London and Benares. Translation of the manuscript by Dieterich Eine Mithrasliturgie 1903, Leipzig.

 
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On the Cave of the Nymphs

Translation and Introductory Essay by Robert Lamberton. Station Hill Press Barrytown, New York 1983.

 
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#168

Habesne paululum temporis?

 
Textum

A Study of Mithraism

During the first semester of his sophomore year at Crozer, King composed a paper for Enslin’s course on Greek religion, focusing on Mithraism.

 
Video

Peter Mark Adams, Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca Tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

 
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Peter Mark Adams, Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

 
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#163

The 24th annual MithraCon has been announced! It will be held in New Haven Connecticut from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April 2024. MithraCon, or the New England Convention of Mithraic Studies, is a small informal conference focused on the study and…

 
Video

British doc on Mithras cult

Extract from a documentary about the cult of Mithras.

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