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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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    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

  • Mithréum d’Angers

    The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

     
  • Mithraeum de Martigny

    The Mithraeum of Martigny is the first temple devoted to Mithras found in Switzerland.

     
  • Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro

    The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.

     
  • Mithräum II von Güglingen

    Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Jorge Gallo

hello @dominique.persoons This sphere with a single circle is quite unusual in Mithraic iconography…

 
 

Braulio

Gracias por compartir luz con tu trazado.

on Del mitraísmo a la masonería. Una historia de las ideas

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Monreal monastery 12th century AD ...

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Dear Jorge, on two slabs from the Baths of Diocletian, the one from Santo Stefano Rotondo and the on…

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

I know the Mithras site (since my childhood) at Carrawburgh and have worked at the APX Xanten (Germa…

on Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus

 
 

Ines

and this is the same as nb. 37 - mithraeum at Reichweiler. Best regards

on Mithräum von Schwarzerden

 

The New Mithraeum

coment elft

 

Antonio Moreno Rosa

The sculpture was found, according to its discoverer, next to the western wall that delimits the imp…

on Mitra de Cabra

 

Sercan Sarıkaya

Hoşgeldin nebuch :)

 
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