Hi folks, I just visited the list homepage on Onelist, and have made a couple of changes to the settings. First, I discovered that there have been NO archives...
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Vishal Mehra
bayboo@...
Mar 8, 2000 9:12 am
Hi, James I'm glad you noticed we have no archives at onelist. This means that Jane and Antonius' info. is not available there. Could you use your powers of...
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Dena Holman
denancenter@...
Mar 8, 2000 4:57 pm
I don't have any specifics for you on that issue regarding Mithras, but a sistrum was a sign of the goddess Isis in Rome. Also, I read that there were 7 levels...
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Dena Holman
denancenter@...
Mar 8, 2000 5:04 pm
The dream link to Isis worship was also associated with Serapis. The sistrum or metal rattle was employed by adherents in services to Isis in Rome. But I...
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Dena Holman
denancenter@...
Mar 8, 2000 5:32 pm
To: Vishal Mehra Mithraism has connections not only to Zoroastrianism but also to Hinduism. In the Hindi scheme, Mitra (spelling variation) was a minor diety....
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James Fishwick
fishies_plaice@...
Mar 8, 2000 10:27 pm
... Corvax, associated with Mercury ... More often called the male-bride than the "secret". Nymphus, associated with Venus. ... The soldier, Miles. Associated...
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James Fishwick
fishies_plaice@...
Mar 8, 2000 10:28 pm
... That's why I was asking the question- I've been working for quite a while on a theory that the Mithraic religion was actually an Eygptian-based cult. James...
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Vishal Mehra
bayboo@...
Mar 9, 2000 6:49 am
Hi, James, The attached pic. is my favourite one. Let me know if you get it all right. Vishal MailCity. Secure Email Anywhere, Anytime! ...
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James Fishwick
fishies_plaice@...
Mar 9, 2000 10:50 pm
... right. ... I didn't get any pic :( James...
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Dena Holman
denancenter@...
Mar 10, 2000 4:32 pm
Hi everyone, As most of you probably gathered I haven't dont that much communicating is a system like this. I accidently sent one of the emails by an...
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Peter Clark
peter_clark47@...
Mar 14, 2000 8:43 am
... hoama - then plant used in ritual, the Avestan equivalent to Soma baresma - wires or twigs which are used in ritual daevas - demons who is your scholar? ...
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scribe@...
Mar 15, 2000 4:01 am
... Thanks for the info--if you mean me, Diana, the scholar I was talking about is D. Jason Cooper. I just got hold of Ulansey's book, but it is not helpful...
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william wheeler
wuffa@...
Mar 15, 2000 5:31 am
... the Roman/greek Liturgy of mithras we have *NO* good Info on....
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J. T. Sibley
jrsibley@...
Mar 15, 2000 7:00 am
... The Cybele talk went well, but shall have to re-shoot most of my slides, as they were rather dark. Fortunately, I do my own darkroom work. ... Does anyone...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Mar 15, 2000 9:50 am
Salvete ... could ... The inscriptions found at the Mithraeum of Sta.Prisca and included in Vermaseren's "Mithras: the secret God" provide a good clue for...
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Flower of Fire
ontonaut@...
Mar 15, 2000 12:14 pm
8008 ... Could you please give a general explanation of this Lararium and its purpose and meaning. I do not really really understand the "household cult". ...
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Antonio Grilo
amg@...
Mar 15, 2000 12:30 pm
Salvete Sorry, I forgot that most people in this list is more acquainted with oriental aspects rather than traditional roman aspects. A very very short...
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Flower of Fire
ontonaut@...
Mar 15, 2000 12:33 pm
8008 ... I recall reading a message on the list which said that the seeds of Syrian Rue are burned as an incense to Mitra by the Parsees. Recently, I was told...
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behrouz kia
behrouzkia@...
Mar 15, 2000 2:26 pm
... I think I should introduce myself as this is my first comment thought I have been reading a lot on my mail I am an Iranian, a MEHRI, or what you call...
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behrouz kia
behrouzkia@...
Mar 15, 2000 2:28 pm
... I think I should introduce myself as this is my first comment thought I have been reading a lot on my mail I am an Iranian, a MEHRI, or what you call...
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Flower of Fire
ontonaut@...
Mar 15, 2000 2:39 pm
8008 ... Or Prometheus. Or Lucifer. Interesting. ZerO)+ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at...
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Richard Eney
dicconf@...
Mar 15, 2000 3:40 pm
... Perhaps the material drink haoma was named to honor the divine Bird. Many European and American plants were given the names of saints and angels -- some...
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Peter Clark
peter_clark47@...
Mar 15, 2000 8:13 pm
... Cooper is, in my opinion, not a scholar. Peter ... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at...
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Bernard Curry
bccom@...
Mar 16, 2000 7:29 am
As a working Mithraist, I have an understandable interest in the Haoma-Soma mystery. The mystery, so it seems, is that Haoma (Gathic) and Soma (Vedic) are...
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Flower of Fire
ontonaut@...
Mar 16, 2000 9:35 am
8008 ... The brew produced from Syrian Rue seeds that I mentioned would greatly amplify the effects of both amanita and psilocybe. Has anyone else ever heard...
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william wheeler
wuffa@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:22 pm
there are/were MANY Orders of St Michael do you have more info....
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Richard Eney
dicconf@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:27 pm
... ?? The Dictionary of Folklore describes it as "the astringent, narcotic juice of _Sarcostemma viminale_". Is this wrong? Never tried to find the plant...
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Peter Clark
peter_clark47@...
Mar 16, 2000 2:58 pm
All attempts to identify the plant have failed, but see e.g. RG Wasson's "Soma divine plant of immortality". M. Boyce has suggested the ephwedra plant as being...
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behrouz kia
behrouzkia@...
Mar 17, 2000 8:56 am
... http://click.egroups.com/1/937/3/_/474549/_/953218758/ ... please don't look for a Persian word in and English dictionary, Homa or Haoma ( Farhang Moin -...
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Peter Clark
peter_clark47@...
Mar 17, 2000 12:43 pm
Sorry should have signed off!! Peter Clark (Lecturer in Religious Studies Chester College University of Liverpool UK) ...
