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" The mysteries of Mithras : "
Payam Nabarz
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BL
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646018
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Nabarz, Payam
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The mysteries of Mithras : : the pagan belief that shaped the Christian world /\ Payam Nabarz
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x, 230 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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1594770271
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: 9781594770272
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index
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Foreword / by Caitlín Matthews -- 1. An introduction to Mithraic mysteries -- The Persian Mithra -- The Roman Mithras -- The revival of Mithras in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- 2. Mithraic iconography -- Birth of the Roman Mithras -- Mithras the hunter -- The tauroctony -- Sol and Sol invictus -- The miracle of the rock -- The sacred meal -- The ascension -- Leontocephaline (Lion-Headed One) -- 3. The seven initiatory rites of Mithras -- The rites -- Sufi interpretation of the seven rites -- The women's grade -- 4. Echoes of Mithraism around the world -- The echo of Mithraism in Christianity -- Mithras as liberator -- Echoes of Mithraism in the Yezidis and the Peacock Angel -- Mithras in Britain -- 5. Simorgh -- a Mithraic fairy tale -- Simorgh -- an old Persian fairy tale -- Symbolism of the Simorgh tale -- 6. The Mithraic liturgy -- Preparation for performing the Mithraic liturgy -- The ritual -- 7. The goddess Anahita -- 8. Meditations and initiations -- I. Corax meditation and initiation -- II. Nymphus meditation and initiation -- III. Miles meditation and initiation -- IV. Leo meditation and initiation -- V. Perses meditation and initiation -- VI. Heliodromus meditation and initiation -- VII. Pater meditation and initiation -- 9. The four stations of Mithras -- Yule -- birth of the sun -- Spring equinox -- Nou Roz -- Summer solstice -- Tir -- Autumn equinox -- Festival of Mithra -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Zoroastrian hymn to Mithra (Mehr Yasht 10) -- Appendix B: Zoroastrian hymn to Anahita (Aban Yasht 5)
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Mithraism
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BL1585.N33 2005
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