Mithras
Mithras is the Persian god of the covenant who becomes, in the Roman mysteries, the figure who kills a bull in a cave while the sun and moon look on, and through whose blood the world is renewed. His cult was the soldier's religion of the empire, with seven grades of initiation and no women.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Sun
Offerings
- Offerings
- BreadWaterHaomaIncenseBull
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- MithraMithras the Bull-Slayer
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Bull-SlayerLord of the CovenantInvincible
- Symbols
- BullTorchPhrygian cap
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneSoldierly bindingAddressMithrasThe Bull-SlayerInvincibleRelationshipThe god who slays the bull in a cave with the sun watchingWarningThe initiation has seven grades and they are not for showResonanceSoldiers those bound by an oath those who keep a covenant
- Modern Practice
Mithras is called on for loyalty, for initiation and by those bound by an oath. His practice is the grade passed and the covenant kept, and the Roman form excluded women.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The covenantThe bullThe sunLoyaltyInitiationThe caveVictory
- Mythology Summary
Mithras is the Persian god of the covenant who becomes, in the Roman mysteries, the figure who kills a bull in a cave while the sun and moon look on, and through whose blood the world is renewed. His cult was the soldier's religion of the empire, with seven grades of initiation and no women.
- Related Deities
- Sol InvictusElTyrShamash
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsRedGoldOrangeScentsFrankincenseMyrrhMetalsGoldBrassAnimalsBullRavenHorseEagle
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