''...Cumont remains the greatest scholar who ever attempted a wide, evolutionary, synthesis of the eschatological beliefs of the Ancient World. His influence...
... Actually Marilynn, I think the problem with the lack of footnotes is due to the translations. Checking the English against the French for The Mysteries of...
David, _Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans_ was pulled together from a series of lectures. There are a few footnotes but not many. Does the...
the desiderata is found: Franz Cumont, _Textes et Monuments figurés relatifs aux Mysteres de Mithra_, Bruxelles: H. Lamertin, 1896-1899; 2 v. ill(incl plans)...
Hello, I am new to this group and was wondering if there are any Mithraists or polytheists in this group.I am 16 and I am interested in ancient religions.....
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parviz Varjavand
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Jul 6, 2002 1:49 am
Hi In Persia, Mithra was always identified with Anahita. The Fire, male, is paired off with the Water, female. Anahita also means "the virgin one" and Mithra...
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J. T. Sibley
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Jul 6, 2002 11:50 pm
... HI, there, welcome aboard! In Mithraism, there is, of course, Sol Invictus (paired with Luna); these 2 deities are also seen in the worship of Cybele...
Sorry for the time lag between answers. I have just moved across the country. I was living in BC, somwhere near Vancouver, and I have moved back to my...
I don't know - but I would like to know as well. Last weekend I visted the Mithraic temple under San Clemente in Rome and the one of the 'seven spheres' at...
Dear friends and brethern: We invite you to visit the Web Site, in Spanish, from the Order of the God Mithra. Contain a Message, revealed from Mithra, for All...
Text in Spanish: Dear friends, my name is Enos Pastrana, I live in Madrid (Spain, Europena Union), and I am happy to connect with you. In 1999, in the begining...
Apparently, Freemasonry has always drawn from Mithraic elements in their rituals and I have heard that sometimes Vedic deities associated with light are...
Please note correction, it's been awhile since I channelled in ... should read, y Bofetada-Nueces...
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John Brant
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Jul 14, 2002 1:42 pm
There is a professor at Columbia University, James R. Russell who has written several articles on similarities between Freemasonry and Mithraism. Russell calls...
If memory serves correctly, Russell is a professor of Armenian studies...whence comes his knowledge of, and interest in, Freemasonry? Which are his primary...
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parviz Varjavand
solvolant@...
Jul 14, 2002 3:40 pm
I found the book "The Master's Carpet" by "Edmond Ronayne" published 1943 by "Ezra A. Cook. Publisher" a very good source for comparison of Masonry and ...
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Marc Delcour
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Jul 14, 2002 4:47 pm
Hi Virbius, As the first printing of "The Constitutions " of James Anderson was containing allusive material to Mithra, the second one (1720) was having a ...
The Greco-Roman religious milieu, Armenology, and Iranology --- forming as they do areas of study separate from that of the scholarship of Freemasonry ... ...
Hi, The following transliteration I have made might be of interest to some. Its only the first section of the Mehr yasht, I read somewhere the first section is...
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Francis Geets
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Jul 14, 2002 6:43 pm
Hi John! I live in Belgium and are not familiar with US websites. Could you give me an e-mail or the NY Lodge url that you mentioned in order to ask a copy of...
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John Brant
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Jul 14, 2002 8:41 pm
Hi Francis: The address is the AmericaLodge of Research Grand Lodge of New York 71 W 23rd St. New York, NY 10010-4149. James R. Russell is now a professor of...
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parviz Varjavand
solvolant@...
Jul 14, 2002 11:48 pm
Fresho Kareti There is a concept of pre Zoroaster times still surviving in Zoroastrianism called Fresho Kareti. It has been translated as 'The Making Fresh"...