hi from a newbie. Ok I got Interested in Mithras when, following my BA at York, I went to Newcastle Uni in 1992 for a look around and saw the reconstructed ...
Jane Many thanks for the reply - and yes Im in England, Living in County Durham about 20 miles south of Hadrians wall. Vermasseren is in Durham Uni Library so...
I take it that you have not read extensively in the works of Beck and Gordon? They contain the answers to your questions. The best single thing you should read...
At 10:04 AM 2/5/2006, you wrote: This explanation is different from almost anything you'll read almost anywhere, so for what it's worth: To grasp the...
Salve Havent got around to Beck yet....and am awaiting delivery from Amazon on the Beck & Gordon.....too many others (Speidel/Vermasseren / et al) to plough...
Dear Group An assumption that seems to be made of the grading structure in Mithraism is that the Corax is the lowest of the initiatory grades and that any...
Dear group An assumption that seems to be made of the grading structure in Mithraism is that the Corax is the lowest of the grades of initiate and that any ...
a little comment further along the scorpio = genitals line.. in the mapping of the zodiac upon the body scorpio is indeed the genitalia, and taurus is the...
this is an idea we have been playing with. there are some hints, despite our little group's meagre store of primary data, that a largish group of "hearers" may...
Alan Thanks for that. Do you have any data from the Collegium acting as the legal entity for the cult of Mithras? Or other beaurocratic documents that ...
... 2. The dog, often described as Mithras' companion...why is it depicted as lapping up the b lood from the wound to the throat. ***** The depiction of the...
Given the general Roman paranoia for groups with the potential to harbour dissention and political ambition, it is likely that Mithraism would, like other...
well, much as i would like to help i remain a mere enthusiast with little access to the needful library resources. however, i do recall references on the list...
one of our friends, hearing of your project, suggested that a good place to start is to discuss the idea with john hammill, grand librarian at great queen st.,...
Creation Myths Creation myths are stories and nothing more, but these stories have the power to fascinate the psyche and hold a group of people together. What...
Parviz Varjavand
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Feb 10, 2006 4:34 pm
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The tauroctony is symbolic - there was no actual dog that lapped up actual bull's blood that was being commemrorated in stone by the cult members. The dog is...
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Parviz Varjavand wrote: [snip some of the text] ... This is an interesting connection, but the tying of the Fascia of authority in Rome --...
Anyone got any good recommendations for books/papers covering Roman Law on the formation of Collegia for religious groups or guilds (other than the Oxford book...
A very inspirational post. Whilst there are various interpretations of where we get the word religion from: I include the most well known ones culled directly...
I do not know of anyone who denies that the tauroctony is symbolic, which includes the depiction of the dog. Its too bad that you seem to read into what we...
Interesting essay about the Barasam, and would have liked to have seen a few references for some of the sources that were used. ... have the power to fascinate...
NOTE: What I have written bellow is a STORY OF CREATION that I like. I was thought it, I liked it, and I am sharing it with you. No pretence of it being sacred...
Parviz Varjavand
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Feb 11, 2006 1:15 pm
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Hi, all! On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Parviz Varjavand wrote: [snip some of the text] ... Um, I haven't seen a fasces/barsam in Mithraic iconography. The fasces was...
... I know that the Theodosian Code has been translated into English. It's organized by topic, so there are sections devoted to pagans, heretics, etc. Within...
... Oops, I shouldn't have forgotten that lictors escvorted the Vestal Virgins, too. In that case, however, it was an honor entirely divorced from the...
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