In Roman-era Greece, teletai preserved the secrecy and power of ancient mystery cults, offering initiates transformation, belonging,...
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The ancient legal and historical sources speak about passing children to Moloch in fire. Introduction Evidence concerning...
In Greek and Roman mythology, a “palladium” was an image of great antiquity on which the safety...
The meaning and significance of devotion to the Holy Name remained open, malleable, and unstable. Introduction The...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...
Sacello Ipogeico (Heroon), Paestum, Italy / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Hero cults were one of the most...
Basilica Ste-Madeleine, Vézelay, France, dedicated 1104 (photo: Dr. Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Christine M. Bolli...