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I live in Portland Oregon and spend my time designing and crafting masks, fabrics and regalia for ritual spaces and seasonal processions.
Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.
Robert Turcan highlights various examples of the philosophical interpretation, mainly Platonic, of the figure and cult of Mithras.
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.
On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.
It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.
In 1938 this Mithraeum was found 3.45 mtrs under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, in a cellar near the Sacrament's Chapel.
This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.
Some authors have speculated that the flying figure dressed in oriental style and holding a globe could be Mithras.
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
Rectangular marble relief (H. 0.68 L. 0.50 D. 0.09), the lower corners of which are broken off.
