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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

Notitiae

News and articles
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

  • Mitreo de la calle Espronceda

    The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.

     
  • Mithraeum de Martigny

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

     
  • Mithraeum of Thermes

    The Mithraeum of Thermes in Greece was discovered in 1915 by Bogdan Filov.

     
  • Hatra Temple

    The city of Hatra was famed for its fusion of several civilization cults, which several temples devoted to gods from all Indo-European world.

     

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Guest insights

Dominique PERSOONS

I live in Sarrebourg, where the famous mithraeum was found by the Germans in 1890. In the 3d century…

on Mitreo de Cabra

 
 

Robert Fritzius

For Laura Thomas. I installed a Google Earth image of Caesarea Maritima on my website. (URL abov…

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Gaby Simeoni

Gracias a ti, Alex. Me alegra que te resulte interesante.

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

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Interesting how even though we may confuse certain gods for ages, they remain somehow unique.

 
 

Laura Thomas

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

on Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Papa, the Pope in Latin, would be short for Pater Patrum 🤔. It’s a clever statement, if it were…

 

Nik Shah

Good information

on Mitreo del Circo Massimo

 

Milo Fascino

Il piacere è tutto mio.

 

Jorge Gallo

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

 
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