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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

  • Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble

    The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

     
  • 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.

     
  • Mitreo dels Munts

    The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.

     
  • Mitreo di Ponza

    The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

     

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Guest insights

Nik Shah

It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.

on Temple of Garni

 
 

Steven Geusens

Can't wait for more details

 

Gabriel Simeoni

Excellent

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Hello Gabriel, the article you present on the relationship between the religion of the unconquered…

on From Mithraism to Freemasonry. A history of ideas

 

Dominique PERSOONS

here is the altar of Sarrebourg , picture tooken in 1890.

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Souls enter Cancer and follow the cycle of the moon passing in front of the altar. They continue to …

on Zodiac stucco of Ponza

 
 

Frederick Stoddon

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

on Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

 

Jorge Gallo

I think there is no trace of this mithraeum since long time ago...

on Mithréum de Vienne

 

Matthew K

Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…

 
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