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Mithra
Also
Mithras. A
personification of light, or the god of light, worshipped by the ancient Persians. It was
one of their chief deities, and the ruler of the universe, sometimes used as a synonym for
the sun.
Mithraism is the cult
of Mithra. It was a personal faith, emphasizing the conflict of good and evil, and the reward of virtue and punishment of
wickedness in the afterlife. It may be said to have been the only living religion which Christianity found to combat. It was
strong enough to exert a formative influence on certain Christian doctrines, such as those
relative to the end of the world and the powers of hell. The religion spread from Persia
through the Roman Empire from 68 BC until the 3rd century AD, becoming a serious rival to
Christianity. It declined in the 4th century AD.
Mithra was essentially the divinity of
beneficence. He was the genius of celestial light, endowing the earth with all its
benefits. As in his character of the Sun he puts darkness to flight so by a natural
transition he came to represent ethically truth and integrity, the sun of goodness which
conquers the night of evil. See Mysteries.
Related
software and
videos.
Related
books:
A History of
Religious Ideas: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Eleusinian and
Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation.
Eleusis and
Athens: Documents in Finance, Religion and Politics in the Fifth Century B.C.
Essays on a
Science of Mythology: The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis.
Essay on the
Eleusinian Mysteries.
Mysteries of
Mithra.
Mithras:
Mysteries and Initiation Rediscovered.
On the Mysteries.
Passions of
Innocence: Tantric Celibacy and the Mysteries of Eros.
The Cult of
Mithras in the Roman Provinces of Gaul.
The Eleusinian
and Bacchic Mysteries.
The Key of It All: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Sacred Languages & Magickal Systems of the World : Book
One : The Eastern Mysteries.
The Lost
Teachings of Jesus: Missing Texts Karma and Reincarnation.
The Opening of
the Way: A Practiful Guide to the Wisdom Teaching of Ancient Egypt.
The Origins of
the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World.
Further
info:
Eleusinian Mysteries.
Eleusinian Mysteries -
Earthlore Lost Histories Foundation Stone of Learning.
The Cosmic Mysteries
of Mithras.
The
Eleusinian Mysteries.
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