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The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra (proto-Indo-Iranian Mitra), adapted into Greek as Mithras, was linked to a new and distinctive imagery. Writers of the Roman Empire period referred to this mystery religion by phrases which can be anglicized as Mysteries of Mithras or Mysteries of the Persians; modern historians refer to it as Mithraism, or sometimes Roman Mithraism. The mysteries were popular in the Roman military.
Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation, with ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples (called mithraea), which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome.
Numerous archaeological finds, including meeting places, monuments and artifacts, have contributed to modern knowledge about Mithraism throughout the Roman Empire. The iconic scenes of Mithras show him being born from a rock, slaughtering a bull, and sharing a banquet with the god Sol (the Sun). About 420 sites have yielded materials related to the cult. Among the items found are about 1000 inscriptions, 700 examples of the bull-killing scene (tauroctony), and about 400 other monuments. It has been estimated that there would have been at least 680 mithraea in Rome. No written narratives or theology from the religion survive, with limited information to be derived from the inscriptions, and only brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature. Interpretation of the physical evidence remains problematic and contested.
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BBC4's In Our Time looks into the mystery religion Mithraism. Link to In Our Time website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pg5nt From the website: "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the cult of Mithras, a mystery religion that existed in the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 4th centuries AD. Also known as the Mysteries of Mithras, its origins are uncertain. Academics have suggested a link with the ancient Vedic god Mitra and the Iranian Zoroastrian deity Mithra, but the extent and nature of the connection is a matter of controversy. Followers of Mithras are thought to have taken part in various rituals, most notably communal meals and a complex seven-stage initiation system. Typical depictions of Mithras show him being born from a rock, enjoying food with the sun god Sol and stabbin...
http://den0v0.hubpages.com/_hubs12/hub/Astromythology http://den0v0.hubpages.com/_hubs12/hub/Is-King-David-the-Messiah-of-Hebrew-Myth (This is from a documentary called "The Hidden Story of Jesus".) Similarities between Jesus, Mithras and Osiris.
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This video is for those Christians who dare to deny any similarities between Christianity and pagan religions that predate Christianity. Watch the next part about Osiris by clicking the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHoDpQaYXw4 Taken from the documentary "The Hidden Story of Jesus" by Robert Beckford. Find it in google video.
Payam Nabarz is interviewed by Dr Robert Beckford, filmed by Juniper TV in Museum of London. The video gives an overview of some aspects of Mithraism, the ancient Roman mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions. Nabarz is author of 'The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World' & Editor of Mithras Reader. Further details: http://astore.amazon.co.uk/pan05-21
Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy?ty=h Was Jesus based on the Persian God Mithra? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim. Sources: Marta Vannucci - The Vedic God Mitra David Ulansey - The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries Commodianus - Instructions 13 The Avesta Roger Beck - Merkelbach's Mithras Roger Beck - Religion of the Mithras Cult Michelle Salzman - Minding Time: Pagan and Christians Notions of the Week in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire Maarten Jozef Vermaseren - Mithras, the Secret God Michael Speidel - Mithras-Orion, Greek Hero and Roman Army God *If you are caught excessively commenting, being disrespectful, insulting, or derailing ...
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