The New Mithraeum
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A space devoted to the cult of Mithras, archaeology, ancient philosophy, religion and the art of Antiquity.
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Non-profit | Academic insights | Cultural heritage
Explore: https://mithraeum.eu
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
How did the Pompeians worship #Dionysos? Peter Mark Adams reveals new enlightening and captivating insights into Roman Mysteries.
How did the Pompeians worship #Dionysos? Peter Mark Adams reveals new enlightening and captivating insights into Roman Mysteries.
Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos — The New Mithraeum
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
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November 17, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’
How did the Pompeians worship #Dionysos? Peter Mark Adams reveals new enlightening and captivating insights into Roman Mysteries.
How did the Pompeians worship #Dionysos? Peter Mark Adams reveals new enlightening and captivating insights into Roman Mysteries.
In 1761 Clement XIII authorised the creation of the Museo Profano to exhibit the Vatican's pagan antiquities. The entrance is preceded by this remarkable sculpture found in the Villa Albani in Rome. It represents #Aion, a divinity of time with Persian origins adapted into the Roman cult of #Mithras.
November 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
In 1761 Clement XIII authorised the creation of the Museo Profano to exhibit the Vatican's pagan antiquities. The entrance is preceded by this remarkable sculpture found in the Villa Albani in Rome. It represents #Aion, a divinity of time with Persian origins adapted into the Roman cult of #Mithras.
The vicus of Tiddis, Algeria, was a prosperous town built by the Romans. It had a monumental gate, baths, tanneries, a temple of #Saturn and a #Mithras's shrine housed in a natural cave. In it, this phallus shaped as a cock was found.
November 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
The vicus of Tiddis, Algeria, was a prosperous town built by the Romans. It had a monumental gate, baths, tanneries, a temple of #Saturn and a #Mithras's shrine housed in a natural cave. In it, this phallus shaped as a cock was found.
The lion-headed god is one of the most mysterious entities known in the cult of #Mithras.
He is the god of eternal time, has four wings, a snake runs along his naked body and carries the keys that give men access to the afterlife.
This remarkable example comes from Sidon in Lebanon.
He is the god of eternal time, has four wings, a snake runs along his naked body and carries the keys that give men access to the afterlife.
This remarkable example comes from Sidon in Lebanon.
November 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The lion-headed god is one of the most mysterious entities known in the cult of #Mithras.
He is the god of eternal time, has four wings, a snake runs along his naked body and carries the keys that give men access to the afterlife.
This remarkable example comes from Sidon in Lebanon.
He is the god of eternal time, has four wings, a snake runs along his naked body and carries the keys that give men access to the afterlife.
This remarkable example comes from Sidon in Lebanon.
What is the relationship between sperm, the moon and #Mithras?
Find out in this fascinating, lively and insightful classic text by Marteen Vermaseren.
Find out in this fascinating, lively and insightful classic text by Marteen Vermaseren.
Mithras in India and Iran — The New Mithraeum
We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.
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November 17, 2024 at 5:10 PM
What is the relationship between sperm, the moon and #Mithras?
Find out in this fascinating, lively and insightful classic text by Marteen Vermaseren.
Find out in this fascinating, lively and insightful classic text by Marteen Vermaseren.
Let's talk about #Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis. Her dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. And she has launched a series of podcasts on Spotify dedicated entirely to Mithraism. Do not miss them!
Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis — The New Mithraeum
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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November 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Let's talk about #Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis. Her dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. And she has launched a series of podcasts on Spotify dedicated entirely to Mithraism. Do not miss them!
There are not many novels about #Mithras, so M.J. Polelle's The Mithras Conspiracy is very welcome, especially as it draws (largely) on factual evidence to propose an interpretation of what the Mithraic cult might entail today.
November 17, 2024 at 5:08 PM
There are not many novels about #Mithras, so M.J. Polelle's The Mithras Conspiracy is very welcome, especially as it draws (largely) on factual evidence to propose an interpretation of what the Mithraic cult might entail today.
#Apuleius's The Golden Ass is one of the most famous and entertaining novels of antiquity. Among his adventures, Lucius is initiated into the mysteries of Isis.
Some scholars claim that Apuleius used the Egyptian cult to conceal his own involvement in the secret cult of #Mithras.
Some scholars claim that Apuleius used the Egyptian cult to conceal his own involvement in the secret cult of #Mithras.
November 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
#Apuleius's The Golden Ass is one of the most famous and entertaining novels of antiquity. Among his adventures, Lucius is initiated into the mysteries of Isis.
Some scholars claim that Apuleius used the Egyptian cult to conceal his own involvement in the secret cult of #Mithras.
Some scholars claim that Apuleius used the Egyptian cult to conceal his own involvement in the secret cult of #Mithras.
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 Spain and Portugal, aka #Hispania.
With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Spain and Portugal, aka #Hispania.
Mithras in Hispania — The New Mithraeum
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 peculiar...
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November 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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 Spain and Portugal, aka #Hispania.
With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Spain and Portugal, aka #Hispania.
Many of us know that #Mithras was born from a rock, but what do we know about his father and, more intriguingly, how did he manage to conceive him?
Gabriel Simeoni tells us in detail in this, his latest fascinating article.
Gabriel Simeoni tells us in detail in this, his latest fascinating article.
The Father of Mithras — The New Mithraeum
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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November 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Many of us know that #Mithras was born from a rock, but what do we know about his father and, more intriguingly, how did he manage to conceive him?
Gabriel Simeoni tells us in detail in this, his latest fascinating article.
Gabriel Simeoni tells us in detail in this, his latest fascinating article.
The results of the MITHRA Project are phenomenal. Its findings have revolutionised the Mithraic studies.
Laurent Bricault: We are at the beginning of an exciting renewal of what we know—and thought we knew—about the cult of Mithras in the Roman Empire.
Laurent Bricault: We are at the beginning of an exciting renewal of what we know—and thought we knew—about the cult of Mithras in the Roman Empire.
The MITHRA Project — The New Mithraeum
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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November 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
The results of the MITHRA Project are phenomenal. Its findings have revolutionised the Mithraic studies.
Laurent Bricault: We are at the beginning of an exciting renewal of what we know—and thought we knew—about the cult of Mithras in the Roman Empire.
Laurent Bricault: We are at the beginning of an exciting renewal of what we know—and thought we knew—about the cult of Mithras in the Roman Empire.
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.
Peter Mark Adams, Mithras and the Renaissance — The New Mithraeum
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.
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November 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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.
We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more. Explore it here:
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Table of references for mithraic artefacts — The New Mithraeum
Cross-database references to monuments, inscriptions and other artefacts related to the Cult of Mithras.
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November 17, 2024 at 4:59 PM
We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more. Explore it here:
mithraeum.eu/mapping
mithraeum.eu/mapping
Why is a raven like a writing desk? One of our most veteran syndexioi, Dave Fingrut, tackles this and other seemingly unrelated questions in an intricate puzzle connecting Mithras, the Pueri Superbi, and the new President of the United States. Enjoy!
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Mithraism As Proud Boy Prototype: Underground Clubs of the Syndexioi and Pueri Superbi — The New Mithraeum
Tracing the links between the cult of Mithras and the Proud Boys’ quest for identity, power, and belonging. How ancient rituals and brotherhood ideals resurface in radical modern movements.
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November 15, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Why is a raven like a writing desk? One of our most veteran syndexioi, Dave Fingrut, tackles this and other seemingly unrelated questions in an intricate puzzle connecting Mithras, the Pueri Superbi, and the new President of the United States. Enjoy!
www.mithraeum.eu/news/mithrai...
www.mithraeum.eu/news/mithrai...