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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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Celestial Ascent in Myth and Cult

The Dream of Scipio, the Orphic Gold Plates, and the Mithra Liturgy are compared revealing a common cosmovision predicated on the microcosm.

 
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Tauroctony of the Collezione Torlonia

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

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Marc LEONETTI

 
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If So, How? Representing “Coming Back to Life” in the Mysteries of Mithras

Porphyry states that the Mithraists “perfect their initiate by inducting him into a mystery of the descent of souls and their exit back out again, calling the place a ‘cave’.”

 
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The Mirror of Mithras

Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.

 
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#280

Hello. We new zartosht doesn’t wrote the book of avesta and he and other zorastarians just edited it. So my topic is about homosexuality in Mithraism. We now homosexuality banned in avesta with very rough punishment in this world purgatory…

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Stéphane Lojkine

Prof. of French Literature, Text and Image

 
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The Cult of Mithras, Freemasonry, and Initiatic Orders

Conference by Freemason Chris Ruli on the parallels between the cult of Mithras, Freemasonry and other initiatic orders.

 
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#279

Just discovered this very cool ensemble of experimental archaeology from Granada, Spain. Beautiful music and dance from the Hispanic Florentia. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bqgokta_gc

 
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#278

Photos from the rite at the Mithraeum of Sutri carried out by Pietas - Comunita Gentile and Gruppo Storico Romano. [ref:66a65c3e1a756]

 
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#277

Bacchus at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games. Welcome back our old good god!

 
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#265

The twelve labors or Hercules 💪 Cool piece of art via ΑΤΕΧΝΟΣ via https://x.com/CastellsOnofre

 
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#260

europeana is getting bigger all the time, and already has got a great collection of mithraic monuments (not as many as the new mithraeum, but some good ones!). Have a look: [ref:668daec3e57f3]

 
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#68

Mithras Dualism. What are the Philosophical Consequences? Summary of Mithraic philosophy on a drawing of an ornate temple. It is possible to draw the organisation of a Mithraeum, and also his philosophical consequences…

 
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#262

We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more…

 
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#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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Inscriptions of Eauze

Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.

 
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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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Cautopates de Bordeaux

The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.

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