By Payam Nabarz, Caitln Matthews
An summary of Mithraism, the traditional Roman secret faith well known within the Roman Legions
• presents a finished historical past of Mithraism, together with its impact on Christianity and Islam
• comprises rituals, meditations, and instructing stories for readers who desire to stick with the Mithraic path
• experiences the evolution and divergence of the japanese (Persian) and Western (Roman) kinds of Mithraism
The Mysteries of Mithras provides a revival of the paranormal practices and initiatory procedure of Mithraism, the traditional Roman secret faith that used to be immensely well known within the Roman Legions from the past due moment century B.C. until eventually A.D. four hundred and was once taken to each nook of the Roman Empire. because the final pagan nation faith in Europe, it used to be an important competitor to early Christianity and seriously encouraged Christian doctrine and symbolism. The parallels among Christianity and historical Mithraism are striking--for instance, the god Mithra used to be born of a virgin in a cave on December 25.
Payam Nabarz finds the historical past, origins, and religious and philosophical tenets of Mithraism and its connections to Christianity, Islam, and Freemasonry. He additionally describes the trendy neo-pagan perform of Mithraism in facts this day and for readers who desire to undertake the Mithraic course, he contains seven of its initiatory rituals and meditations, in addition to orations and educating stories, that open the door to the seven Mithraic grades of passage.
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