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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.

This collective volume explores the ways ancient peoples interacted with divine powers through prayer, magic, and the interpretation of the stars. Drawing on evidence from Mesopotamia to Late Antiquity, it situates these practices within broader religious and cosmological systems…

A critical edition of the Mithras Liturgy (PGM IV.475–834), providing the Greek text, English translation, commentary, and an updated discussion of its interpretation since Albrecht Dieterich’s 1903 edition.

The present volume reconstructs the history of the mithraea of Güglingen. In addition, rich finds provide insight into hitherto unknown areas of the liturgical practice of the cult of Mithras.

Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present.

In their groundbreaking new book, Mushrooms, Myths & Mithras, classics scholar Carl Ruck and friends reveal compelling evidence suggesting that psychedelic mushroom use was equally influential in early Europe, where it was central to initiation cerem

I am honored to present my first book devoted to the cult of Mithras in ancient North Africa. Structured into four main sections, it also features a catalogue of twenty inscriptions and twenty-six illustrative plates…

Mithras the Cattle-Rustler: The Persian Cult of Fire as Divided into Sexed Powers and the Hidden Cave Rites of the Magi.

New evidence for the cult of Mithras and the religious practices of Legio IV Scythica at the Roman frontier city of Zeugma on the Euphrates.

Join us for a special webinar with professor, writer and host of The New Mithraeum podcast @andreu.abuin, interviewing acclaimed esoteric scholar @peter.mark.adams on his ground breaking latest book, Ritual and Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras…

Philippe Roy, docteur en Sciences de l’Antiquité, présente dans cette vidéo la réception du culte de Mithra dans les provinces occidentales de l’Empire romain.

Nouveau video de Mysteria dédié au culte de Mithra à partir de l'exposition Le mystère de Mithra au Musée Saint Raymond.

He dedicated to the Emperor, for the worshipers of the god Mithras a sculpture in Stabiae.

There is no solid evidences of the finding of a Mithraic temple in Duhok, Iraq.

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Margaux Bekas, commissaire de l’exposition ’Le mystère Mitrha. Plongée au cœur d’un culte romain’, présente dans cette vidéo les origines du dieu Mithra.

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Are you a Fluent English Speaker? Are you interested in joining a bourgeoning community centred around camaraderie, knowledge and community building? If so, we invite you to join the Anglo-Mithraic Society! We offer a welcoming community…

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One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.