now all this has set off a long train of digressions through ancient dual and triple goddess forms, the androgynous mithras images that turn up in anatolia...
Hello All, Some further side notes: In reference to the earlier discussion on the "fire in water" motif, I was later reminded of a similar concept among...
Hi, In case anyone is interested I did an interview on Roman and Persian esoteric/mystical related material for Resonance radio station in London this week for...
more fuel for the hidden fire in the cosmic waters...this book has dropped in out of nowhere in that strange, coincidental way they have.. "theurgy or the...
about the Sunrunner grade..this, in combination with the "seven steps down" reference earlier, triggers memories of the contemporary Merkavah mysticism in...
As you note, it is interesting to compare the "Riders of the Merkavah" and those entering the grade of the Mithraic Sun Runner. I suspect the descent to the...
Hello, This Last reminder for papers and articles submissions to 'Mithras Reader: An academic and religious journal of Greek, Roman and Persian studies, Vol2. ...
how interesting.. your distinction between the sunrunner as encosmic and pater as hypercosmic touches on a line of enquiry we have been building up recently. ...
Hello Alan, You may be on to something and would be very interested in knowing your final assessment when you have completed the analysis of these images. Do...
Alan, Thanks for the image reference. The contrasts between the courses of the serpents on these two leontocephaline forms is very clear and think you may have...
Hello All, After submitting the posting (msg. 7745) on the discussion of the "fire and water motif" I later was reminded of a paper by Hans Leisegang (Eronos...
notice the four heads(??) outside the bowl and the relationship of the two young men(?) in symmetrical poses to our right of the top right "head".. are these...
Alan, Interesting brainstorming ideas on the orphic bowl. Although it is easy to be wrong here, for the moment I favor the interpretation of Delbrueck and...
The Leisegang paper brings to mind the larger imagery surrounding the serpent and omphalos. At Delphi, the story of the two eagles of Zeus marking the spot...
that's interesting. we've been trying out a pattern like this; serpent/earth/body, bull/moon/psyche, lion/sun/pneuma, eagle/polestars/nous. it seems to work...
The answer to your question: "are the 16 folk around it a sort of unfolding of the bull as soul? a beginning of the unfolding of divine ideas in the circle of...
still working on this and the implications of the positions of planetary dignities etc... note that there seem to be 33 rays around the phanes drakon. the ...
Alan, Looks like there are alot of loose ends yet to resolve. Along more general lines of thought, your mention of Mainz Cup archer brought to mind other...
Hi, In case anyone is interested here is one of the clips of interview I did for CH4. Regards, Nabarz ... London Mithraeum was founded c240-50AD. Its remains...
Hello Nabarz, Thanks for the video link from the interview. The question about the seating arrangement in the Mithaeum sounds interesting. Although various...
Hello Capanellius, There is some discussion around this in Beck's new book. The figure 3 in his book has Mithraem of seven spheres in Ostia shown with planets...
btw there was a mention of Mithras in last week's episode of Battlestar Galactica, episode called 'escape velocity'. Interesting episode about the 'one god'...
Alan, You write: "One particularly delightful image that may have leaked into Mithraism from Greek sources is the Athenian statue of 'the patriot Romuos ...
perhaps a bit of serious work on oracular dream incubation is called for in the recommissioning of mithraic practise. the old forms, however fascinating and...
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