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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Ulpius Egnatius Faventinus

Late Roman senator, public augur and Mithraic pater active in the second half of the fourth century CE.

Monumentum

Intaglio of Abraxas and Mithras

Gnostic amulet found in the ancient Agora of Athens, depicting Abraxas on one side and a Mithraic inscription on the other.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

Monumentum

Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

Monumentum

Altar of Inveresk with a griffin

This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.

Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte

This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.

Notitia

Hekate: Magic, Mystery and the Liminal World

Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical thought.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Sidon

The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

Monumentum

Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

Textum

Proposal of a Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains

Dominique Persoons proposes a reconstruction of Mithraic ritual based on archaeological remains, frescoes, and zodiacal symbolism. He interprets the mithraeum as a liturgical microcosm governing the descent, purification, and ascent of souls.

Liber

Dossier Mithra. La alternativa espiritual del culto legionario

A selection of texts gathered by Ernesto Milá that reinterprets Mithraism as an initiatory, solar, and heroic cult. It includes the so-called Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, translated and commented by Julius Evola and the Ur Group.

Liber

Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain

From the late first century CE, Mithras spread across the Roman Empire, leaving more than 130 sanctuaries and nearly 1,000 inscriptions. This volume offers a rigorous synthesis that renews our understanding of this enigmatic cult.

Liber

I Misteri del Sole. Il culto di Mithra nell’Italia Antica

A study of Roman Mithraism that combines historical evidence with a symbol-centred interpretive approach, exploring Mithraic iconography, ritual experience, and the cult’s encounter with Christianity in the Late Empire.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Ruše

This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.

Textum

At the Seizure of the Moon: The Absence of the Moon in the Mithras Liturgy

Radcliffe G. Edmonds III analyses the absence of the moon in the Mithras Liturgy. He argues that this absence reflects a deliberate cosmological framework in which lunar powers linked to genesis are excluded from the ritual of ascent.

Liber

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.

Liber

Select passages illustrating Mithraism

Collection of early passages on the cult of Mithras, curated and translated by A. S. Geden.

Liber

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.

Liber

Religions solaires et culte initiatique de Mithra

L'école mithriaque représente, à nos yeux, une source riche et féconde d'enseignements relatifs à la conduite de la vie. Il nous a semblé aussi que la psychothérapie actuelle se trouverait enrichie par l'étude des données des "psychodrames"…

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