Filtering by Genre / Topic: ritual in books gave 34 results.
An early comparative exploration of phallic worship, fertility cults and the generative powers of the gods in ancient and later religious traditions
Leadbeater explores the origins and symbolism of ancient mystery traditions and Freemasonry, drawing connections with the mysteries of Egypt, Greece and Rome, including the cult of Mithras.
Austrian bilingual journal exploring esotericism, paganism, art and radical currents of European thought.
Alain Daniélou explores phallic symbolism across religious traditions, from prehistory to India, Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, taking the lingam and the cult of Shiva as his main points of reference.
Italian esoteric journal published in Rome by the Gruppo di Ur in 1927–1928, bringing together studies and texts on initiatory traditions, magic and spiritual realisation, and continued as Krur in 1929.
A revised presentation of the so-called Mithraic Liturgy, interpreted as a solitary rite of initiation into the Mysteries of Mithras.
A contemporary esoteric manual that reimagines Roman Mithraism through the lens of Traditionalism, magical idealism, and Indo-European spirituality.
The Rites of Hekate is a personal yet deeply rooted academic account of the current understanding of this ambivalent goddess, presented as an arcane and liminal archetype.
Algis Uždavinys presents philosophy as a sacred practice of inner rebirth, rooted in ancient Egyptian and traditional wisdom rather than a purely rational discipline.
A dark occult novel intertwining Templar mythology, ritual magic, and modern conspiracy, with Mithraic and gnostic motifs woven into its esoteric narrative. It explores the persistence of hidden initiatory currents in the contemporary world.
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…
Employing all the available data & survivals of the historic Persio-Roman Mithraics. Embodying versions of Zoroastrian Scriptures; Combining the religions of all races & times...
A conversation between Peter Mark Adams and Christophe Poncet on the esoteric tarot, in relation to the elite and Saturnian Sola-Busca tarocchi and the popular and luminous Tarot de Marseille.
Followers of a revived version of Mithraism in contemporary Italy threaten to overthrow the government and destroy the Vatican. Rome is in chaos. Earthquakes shake the city. The Pope is in a coma.
The Dionysian themed frescos of Pompeii’s Villa of the Mysteries constitute the single most important theurgical narrative to have survived in the Western esoteric tradition.
The legend of two twins from the original, Abin Mitra Ahriman Izad in Abin Mitrai: Diq The Lion God on the Interpretation of the Mysteries and Preferences of the Originality of Algebra in the Zoroastrian Religion.
Initiation across cultures and historical periods provides the wider context for an examination of Masonic initiation, its symbolism, purposes and place in contemporary society.
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.
