Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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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.
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.
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.
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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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.
Sarah E. Bond
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
Venus of Mérida small sculpture
Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
Naked figure from Mérida
Tauroctony on displya at the Getty Museum
Tauroctony of Mauls
Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
Sententia
It is magnificent. so better if you had a picture of the inside.
It makes perfect sense. My hesitation would lie in the time gap that separates Mithraism and Freemas…
Many thanks, Ines. Both pages have been merged.
An ayahuasca analog would have been mixed in the krater and drunk by Mithras worshipers. Two ingre…
Indeed, Dionisia. Thanks for noticing. Well corrected.
Welcome Hamed and thank you for your excellent group and posts. We *need* more!
If this phallus really belonged to the mithraeum where it is currently placed and not elsewhere, the…
the blue line passes exactly through Cancer, and the yellow line is for the resurrection among the s…
the Romans were very superstitious. they feared the 'evil eye', the jealousy of other people. We fin…
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