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Peter Mark Adams,
Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

Andreu Abuín

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from The New Mithraeum

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    The MITHRA Project

    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.

     
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    The Father of Mithras

    It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.

     
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    Mithras in Hispania

    On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

     
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    Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

    Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

     
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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Inveresk

    The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.

     
  • Mithraeum of Kapıkaya

    Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.

     
  • Mitreo di Sutri

    The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

     
  • Mitreo della Crypta Balbi

    The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.

     

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Comments from visitors

 

Théo Grillon

Savez vous si des salles annexes ont été découvertes dans ce mithraeum, ainsi que du mobilier pro…

on Mithréum de Mackwiller

 
 

Laura Thomas

Where is the Mithraeum relative to Herod's temple, the amphitheatre or some other isgnificant landma…

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Milo Fascino

Il piacere è tutto mio.

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Organization of a mithraeum according to Beck and Gordon (1978).The soul of man travels through the …

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Welcome my friend! Glad to see you.

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I see the Platonic Chiasmus on this fresco from Pompei. I think Mithras and Sol Apollo have nothing …

 

Jorge Gallo

If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…

on Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

 

Nik Shah

Great. It's similar to the Mithraic temple in Maragheh, Iran. According to this photos, the Mithraic…

on Mithraeum of Zerzevan

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Danuvius stele a C. Szabo mihi extraordinarius videtur. Accurate pictum videre vellem. Ubi est Sol, …

 
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