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The Golden Chain of Initiation: Orphism, Eleusis, and Mystagogy—A Reinterpretation

By reading Orphic theology together with Eleusinian ritual practice, the mysteries emerge as a structured mystagogy of transformation: a disciplined passage from forgetfulness (Lethe) to knowledge (aletheia), from mortality to participation in the divine.

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Mithra, ce dieu mystérieux

Maarten Vermaseren, qui a publié un corpus des inscriptions et des monuments de la religion mithriaque et un certain nombre d'études savantes sur le même sujet est certainement l'un des meilleurs spécialistes de la question.

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Les Cultes à mystères dans l’Empire romain. Païens et Chrétiens en compétition

Francesco Massa examines how the concept of mysteria was transformed in the Roman Empire, as Christian authors from the mid-second century CE adopted the language of mysteries to articulate their own rituals and beliefs, reshaping understandings of both Christian and traditional cults…

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Justin Martyr: Mithras as a demonic imitation of Christ

In these two key passages, Justin Martyr interprets Mithraic rituals and myths as demonic parodies of Christ’s incarnation, the Eucharist, and biblical revelation.

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Marble tauroctony relief in the Froehner Collection

White marble relief depicting Mithras as bull-slayer in a grotto from the Froehner collection, now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

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Julian on Mithras

In these passages from his hymns and satires, Julian articulates a solar theology in which Helios governs cosmic order and time. Within this framework, Mithras appears as a personal divine guide associated with the ascent of souls.

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Gregory of Nazianzus on rites, tortures and orgies

A series of polemical passages in which a leading fourth-century Christian theologian presents the cult of Mithras as a religion defined by cruelty, bodily suffering, and shameful initiation rites.

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Mithréum de Vienne

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

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Tertullian on Mithras

In polemical passages from the late second and early third centuries, Tertullian portrays the cult of Mithras as a demonic imitation of Christian rites and provides rare early references to Mithraic initiation and ritual symbolism.

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Le feu de Mithra. Une enquête du centurion

A Roman centurion investigates a ritual murder and a deadly new weapon, the Fire of Mithras, from the alleys of Lutetia to the battle of Argentoratum.

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La Porte de Mithra. Aux origines de l'Alévisme

Kerivel explore voie mystique des Alévis que, selon lui, trouve son origine dans la très ancienne religiosité des peuples iraniens et sur les structures et les rituels du culte de Mithra.

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Les Cultes orientaux dans le monde romain

Robert Turcan présente les dévotions immigrées dans le monde romain, sans négliger les cultes marginaux ou sporadiques, traitant également des courants gnostiques, occultistes et théosophiques.

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Fils du soleil et de la lune. La lune et le soleil dans l'imaginaire humain au fil des siècles

Certains mythes de l'Antiquité sont probablement basés sur des récits de « mort imminente » exactement les mêmes que les nôtres. Ainsi, s'expliqueraient le Paradis, l'Enfer, l'âme, le Dieu unique, nos divers «états d'âme»..…

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Corpus Hermeticum

The links between Egypt and Greece are strong and far-reaching, and although the zoomorphic gods frightened Herodotus, the fact remains that the two cultures continued to influence each other.

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Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhangerschaft Des Mithras-Kultes

The starting point of this study of the initiation into the cult of Mithras are the 462 sites where traces of the cult have been found to date. They form the framework of the study.

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