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Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mithraism
ISBN : 0719005361
Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : L'Erma di Bretschneider
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002574881
Author : Luther H. Martin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472584205
The Roman cult of Mithras was the most widely-dispersed and densely-distributed cult throughout the expanse of the Roman Empire from the end of the first until the fourth century AD, rivaling the early growth and development of Christianity during the same period. As its membership was largely drawn from the ranks of the military, its spread, but not its popularity is attributable largely to military deployments and re-deployments. Although mithraists left behind no written archival evidence, there is an abundance of iconographic finds. The only characteristic common to all Mithraic temples were the fundamental architecture of their design, and the cult image of Mithras slaying a bull. How were these two features so faithfully transmitted through the Empire by a non-centralized, non-hierarchical religious movement? The Minds of Mithraists: Historical and Cognitive Studies in the Roman Cult of Mithras addresses these questions as well as the relationship of Mithraism to Christianity, explanations of the significance of the tauroctony and of the rituals enacted in the mithraea, and explanations for the spread of Mithraism (and for its resistance in a few places). The unifying theme throughout is an investigation of the 'mind' of those engaged in the cult practices of this widespread ancient religion. These investigations represent traditional historical methods as well as more recent studies employing the insights of the cognitive sciences, demonstrating that cognitive historiography is a valuable methodological tool.
Author : Manfred Clauss
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474465793
Since its publication in Germany, Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable, as well as the most readable, account of its elusive and fascinating subject. For the English edition the author has revised the work to take account of recent research and new archaeological discoveries. The mystery cult of Mithras first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, carried by its soldier and merchant devotees, it spread to the frontier of the western empire from Britain to Bosnia. Perhaps because of odd similarities between the cult and their own religion the early Christians energetically suppressed it, frequently constructing churches over the caves (Mithraea) in which its rituals took place. By the end of the fourth century the cult was extinct.Professor Clauss draws on the archaeological evidence from over 400 temples and their contents including over a thousand representations of ritual in sculpure and painting to seek an understanding of the nature and purpose of the cult, and what its mysteries and secret rites of initiation and sacrifice meant to its devotees. In doing so he introduces the reader to the nature of the polytheistic societies of the Roman Empire, in which relations and distinctions between gods and mortals now seem strangely close and blurred. He also considers the connections of Mithraicism with astrology, and examines how far it can be seen as a direct descendant of the ancient cult of Mitra, the Persian god of contract, cattle and light. The book combines imaginative insight with coherent argument. It is well-structured, accessibly written and extensively illustrated. Richard Gordon, the translator and himself a distinguished scholar of the subject, has provided a bibliography of further reading for anglophone readers.
Author : David Ulansey
Publisher : Cosmology and Salvation in the
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0195067886
This volume sets forth a new explanation of the meaning of the cult of Mithraism, tracing its origins not, as commonly held, to the ancient Persian religion, but to ancient astronomy and cosmology.
Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Mithraism
ISBN : UOM:39015005337905
Author : Roger Beck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351574334
Roger Beck, a world authority on Mithraism, brings together his major writings on the Mysteries of Mithras in the context of the culture and religions of imperial Rome. In these studies he opens new vistas on myth making, ritual, symbolism, the role of astrology in the cult, recently discovered Mithraic monuments and artefacts, and the emergence of Mithraism and Christianity concurrently in the first century. Beck offers new introductions to his thematically framed groups of writings and adds six entirely new essays published here for the first time. These essays link his research to contemporary studies in cognitive science of religion and anthropology of religion. This collection will appeal particularly to scholars exploring contemporary aspects in anthropology of religion, astronomy and astrology, cults and myths, images and symbols, as well as traditional scholars of Greco-Roman antiquity and Christian origins.
Author : Payam Nabarz
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594770271
The Mysteries of Mithras presents a revival of this ancient Roman mystery religion, popular from the late second century B.C. Payam Nabarz reveals the history and tenets of Mithraism, its connections to Christianity, Islam, and Freemasonry, and the modern neo-pagan practice of Mithraism today. Included are seven of its initiatory rituals.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0802822215
New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Mithraism
ISBN : UOM:39015019781015
Author : Franz Cumont
Publisher : Health Research Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787302317
1910 Translated from the 2nd revised French edition by Thomas J. McCormack. 3-color folded map showing the dissemination of the Mithraic Mysteries - Plus several pages of preface & 50 cuts & illustrations of unusual statues, fragments, etc.
Author : Olympia Panagiotidou,Roger Beck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781472567406
The Roman Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach is the first full cognitive history of an ancient religion. In this groundbreaking book on one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient religions, Roger Beck and Olympia Panagiotidou show how cognitive historiography can supplement our historical knowledge and deepen our understanding of past cultural phenomenon. The cult of the sun god Mithras, which spread widely across the Greco-Roman world at the same time as other 'mystery cults' and Christianity, offered to its devotees certain images and assumptions about reality. Initiation into the mysteries of Mithras and participation in the life of the cult significantly affected and transformed the ways in which the initiated perceived themselves, the world, and their position within it. The cult's major ideas were conveyed mainly through its major symbolic complexes. The ancient written testimonies and other records are not adequate to establish a definitive reconstruction of Mithraic theologies and the meaning of its complex symbolic structures. Filling this gap, The Roman Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach identifies the cognitive and psychological processes which took place in the minds and bodies of the Mithraists during their initiation and participation in the mysteries, enabling the perception, apprehension, and integration of the essential images and assumptions of the cult in its worldview system.
Author : Andrew Fear
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429957970
Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present. The genesis and spread of Mithraism remain highly controversial. This book examines our current state of knowledge on the pre-classical Indo-Iranian god, Mitra, and argues that Mithraism was a product of Mitra’s encounter with the religious thought of the classical world. It then charts the life history of Mithraism in the Roman Empire, exploring the social background of its initiates and the reasons for their attraction to the religion. The rituals and beliefs of the cult are as mysterious as its origins; in studying Mithraic "caves" and paintings found in some Mithraic temples, we can better understand and reconstruct the rituals the Mithraists practiced. While "bull-slaying", or tauroctony, lies at the core of the Mithraic mythos, this volume explores other incidents in the god’s life depicted in ancient art, including his miraculous birth and his banquet with the sun, as well as the disconcerting lion-headed "enveloped god". After a fall from grace in the post-classical world, Mithras has resurrected himself in the present, establishing himself as one of the most recognisable if elusive gods of antiquity. Mithras provides a fascinating study of this complex god that will be of interest to scholars and students of Roman and Late Antique religion, mystery cults, as well as those working on society and religion in antiquity more broadly.
Author : Payam Nabarz
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780955685835
A Journey to the Hypercosmic side of the Sun by Prof Ezio Albrile. Internet & the Resurrection of a God: the Neo-Mithraic Communities by Israel Campos. Aristotle & the Natural Slave: The Athenian Relationship with India by Robert F. Mullen. The Dawn of Religions in Afghanistan-Seistan-Gandhara & the Personal Seals of Gotama Buddha & Zoroaster by Ranajit Pal. Dacia & the Cult of Mithras by Csaba Szabo. Sun Tzu & the Achaemenid Grand Strategy by Sheda Vasseghi. Zen Buddhism & Mithraism by Masato T j . A new Archaeological Research of the Sassanian Fire Temple of Rivand in Sabzevar, by Hassan Hashemi Zarjabad. The Zoroastrian Holyland of Haetumant by Reza MehrAfarin. Kephra by Akashanath. Into The Looking Glass Tragic Reflections of Life by Lesley Madytinou. Solomon in Olympus: The Enduring Connection between King Solomon & Greek Magic by David Rankine. Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite trans by Harita Meenee. The Athenian Festivals of Demeter by Melissa Gold. The Lioness by Jane Raeburn. Plus many more articles.
Author : Attilio Mastrocinque
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161551125
Attilio Mastrocinque explains the mysteries of Mithras in a new way, as a transformation of Mazdean elements into an ideological and religious reading of Augustus' story. The author shows that the character of Mithras played the role of Apollo in favoring Augustus' victory and the birth of the Roman Empire.