Miles

Soldier of the Unconquered Mithras journeying through the Mysteries

[Galactic Troubadour 𓍇 @NousHenosis]

Discovered this while staring at the Barberini Tauroctony too long.

Unbelievable. Ulansey, Clauss, Beck, etc only relate this to the 7 planets—not a single scholar identifies it as Ursa Major.

@Peter_Levenda @PD_Newman

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

The Pater stands at the summit of the mysteries. Under Saturn, time, authority, and spiritual gravity converge. This is mastery earned through endurance, wisdom, and restraint. #CultOfMithras #Mithraism #MithraicMysteries #Mithras

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Mithras reminds us that strength is measured not by what we can take, but by what we are willing to carry. The burdens of duty, sacrifice, and responsibility forge the character that defines a man.

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Mithras stands as the model of the warrior: strong but disciplined, fearless yet honorable, powerful yet devoted to a purpose greater than himself. Excellence is not a gift - it is the result of relentless training, sacrifice, and character.

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Before Mithras, men from distant provinces stand as brothers, united not by blood or birthplace, but by loyalty and sacred obligation. True fraternity is measured not by oaths spoken, but by promises kept. What does brotherhood mean to you #Brotherhood #Honor #Loyalty #RomanHistory

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Even the gods need one another. Mithras brings resolve, Apollo offers wisdom, and Bacchus brings joy. Though different in nature, they face the raging river together. True brotherhood means helping one another through life's trials. #Paganism #AncientWisdom

[𖤓 @unconquered_sol]

Rock-born Mithras wielding a Dagger and Torch, surrounded by signs of the Zodiac

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Hail Mithras!

[Following Hadrian @carolemadge]

Ruin of the day: The Mithraeum under the Baths of Mithras in Ostia Antica, built in the early 3rd century AD.

[LiorLefineder @lefineder]

The "Tauroctony", bull-slaying depiction of the cult of Mithras.

[Ambros @_negativemagick]

Mithraic Tauroctony

[damnatio memoriae @MementoRoma]

A faithful replica of a Mithraic altar standing in the 4th-century Christian basilica, one level below the medieval church of San Clemente. The original altar, now reconstructed from finds made during later excavations, rests in the dark Mithraeum another level down.

Mithraism spread across the Roman Empire alongside early Christianity, finding especially strong devotion among soldiers. Both traditions offered initiation, ritual meals, a divine mediator, and vivid imagery of light, sacrifice and rebirth.

Yet their foundations diverged fundamentally. Mithraism remained an exclusive, all-male mystery cult, while Christianity grew as an openly public, universal community welcoming men, women and slaves alike.

At San Clemente, the phrase "layers of history" is demonstrated perfectly. Roman streets and buildings, a Mithraeum, a 4th-century basilica, and a 12th-century church, all several metres below modern Rome's street level 🤯

[Endariel - Emperor Caligula @Endariel_EC]

As the Sun sets, give praise to the Light.

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Hail Mithras!

[Vicar of Mithras @VicarOfMithras]

Hail Mithras!

[𖤓 @unconquered_sol]

Roman fresco depicting Sol and Mithras swearing an oath of alliance over a burning altar, from the Mithraeum of Marino, Italy, 2nd century CE

[Universal Co-Masonry @CoMasonry]

From the very beginnings of our evolution man has contemplated the mysterious. From the far-off dancing of the stars and planets to the impenetrable enigmas of birth, life and death our minds have been captivated by the mysteries of this universe. In ages past we erected great temples and monuments to the hidden secrets of Nature. Today we delve ever deeper into the veil of science and human understanding in search of the knowledge that lies just beyond the shadow of our ignorance.

By its nature, the mysterious has always lent itself to private exploration and secret gatherings. Not for the purposes of concealment from those who wish to know but rather protection from those who, upon learning, would not treat the wisdom revealed with the reverence it is due or who would use it to serve nefarious ends. It is for this reason that the mysteries of Mithras were practiced in subterranean caverns and the Druids retreated to their hallowed groves, safe from the misunderstandings of the uninitiated.

Freemasonry is a continuation of this most ancient of human traditions for it shares with its remote ancestors the same great thought that unites all mystery traditions: a knowledge of our origins and a vision of our destiny. Freemasonry contains within itself the record of the great cycles of human history, from the rise and fall of empire and civilization to the individual births, lives and deaths that make up the human experience. It has accumulated under its lofty banner the mystic teachings of all ages, no longer scattered to the winds of time.