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So what will you be in for when you log on for Writing the Occult: Belief TOMORROW, Saturday 6 September? A whole bunch of fascinating discussions about belief and speculative fiction, including this one ⬇️

#ancientrome #romanbelief #mithras #mithraic #history #writing #writers

A text-heavy graphic features the same description as this threaded post, and includes a recommended advance reading: The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries, by Manfred Clauss, translated by Richard Gordon.

🪷 #Solstice/#Yule/#Saturnalia: #Antinous embodies #Phanes, #Mithras, #SolInvictus hatching from the #Orphic Egg encircled by #Ouroboros on 25 December, the pagan origin of #Christmas. This head is possibly of #Antinoos as #Ganymede wearing a #Mithraic #Phrygian cap in the Louvre.🪷

🪷 #Solstice/#Yule/#Saturnalia: #Antinous was initiated into #Mithraic mysteries, writes #Yourcenar. Roman troops in Britannia adored this sculpture of #Mithras hatching from #Orphic Egg & the UK's oldest depiction of a #Zodiac. See it at @GNM_Hancock: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/12/lovely-birth-of-mithras-sculpture.html 🪷

🪷 #Solstice/#Yule/#Saturnalia: #Antinous was initiated into #Mithraic mysteries, writes #Yourcenar. Roman troops in Britannia adored this sculpture of #Mithras hatching from #Orphic Egg & the UK's oldest depiction of a #Zodiac. See it at @GNM_Hancock: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/12/lovely-birth-of-mithras-sculpture.html 🪷

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