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Mithras the Cattle-Rustler: The Persian Cult of Fire as Divided into Sexed Powers and the Hidden Cave Rites of the Magi.
Commander of a unite of Palmyrene archers stationed with the Roman garrison in Dura Europos.
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.
The Cautopates of Bordeaux stands as usual with his legs crossed and arms down.
The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.
Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.
In this fresco from Dura Europos, Mithras is represented as a hunter accompanied by the lion and the serpent.
The concluding book of Apuleius’ Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), where Lucius, the story’s protagonist, undergoes initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.
Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’.
