Christ said the real secret of the universe, on which all of the past, present and future depends, is the kingdom of god. The mysteries of mithra complete book part of a huge collection of works by g. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Being alone in his presence and praying to the father in secret is only the beginning.
Huge but departmentalized and hierarchical so as to be invisible an illusion it. It is even more regretable that he shows no awareness of the mithras liturgy, which describes the ascent of mithras to the highest god, heaven or the inner light. Paul, in his letter to the corinthians the first letter. The main source of reference for this study 1949 was the magnificent work of cumont. The connections between the sun god mitra and the bullslayer mithras are not evident. The religion was inspired by iranian worship of the. And god said, let the waters cause the creeping animala living soulto creep out. Mithraism in comparison with other belief systems wikipedia. The basic doctrine of mithraism, as far as can be told, is that mithras was a god who was born from a rock and destined to secure the salvation of the world.
This chapter is from the secret teachings of moses by aunel va daath. This text is freely downloadable as a pdf on academia. The titles of lord were the titles used 10,000 years ago in the fertile crescent to address the two main sumerian faction gods. When you live in darkness, you worship an unseen light to.
Cthe roman cult of mithras religious phenomenon and. Mithra was an intermediary between god and the people. The term usually encompassed three practicesastrology, alchemy, and natural magicalthough sometimes various forms of divination were also included rather than being subsumed under natural magic. Almost all mithraea contain statues dedicated to gods of other cults, and it is. Believes of mithras hundreds of years before yeshua, according to the mithraic religion, three wise men of persia came to visit the baby saviorgod mithra, bring him gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense. The religion was inspired by iranian worship of the zoroastrian angelic divinity mithra, though the greek mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between persian and grecoroman practice is debated. Documents which belong to the fourteenth century before christ have been. During the period of the mithraic mysteries, the constellation perseus stood just above pisces, aries, and taurus. A huge thank you to the anon brigade, who do the digging, loading, and posting.
Explaining his famous parable of the sower, he called descriptions of the way to enter the kingdom of god and its principles mysteriessecrets or hidden truths most people dont understand matthew. Buy the book, and you benefit yourself and others, since book purchases help glorian provide gnosis to humanity. Dura, on the very edge of the lands from which mithra came, is the site of the easternmost temple of roman mithraism. During the first semester of his second year at crozer, king wrote this paper for enslins course on greek religion. In the scene, mithras is wrestling a bull to the ground, holding it by one horn while plunging a sword into its back. Some things are from even earlier like lotsastuffs collection. Anew account of their genesis, journal of roman studies. And god created the big sea creatures, and every living, creeping soul that the waters caused to creep out, in all their kinds, and every bird 6 secrets of heaven.
The reason why theologians call gods secret will a secret is precisely because its kept secret from us. The mysteries of mithras presents a revival of the magical practices and initiatory system of mithraism, the ancient roman mystery religion that was immensely popular in the roman legions from the late second century b. The few written documents available, the epigraphical material. Seven truths from jesus christ about the real secret. The hidden secret of god 12 april 1971 the mysteries of god are mysterious in character, yet they are proclaimed to all who can understand them.
These were lord baal bal, bel and other similar names, the god who created everything according to the enuma elish, and lord yahweh, the. The secret schools family, or fear of being ostracized in their community, they are superstitiously afraid that unless they conform and stay that way, they will burn forever in the lake of fire, forever and ever and ever to the loving god who created them. Although ahura mazda was the supreme god, he created mithra equal to himself and made him chief among the yazatas. Moser many people are perplexed, even troubled, by the fact that god if such there be has not made his existence suf. Yet, they have been trying to solve it with reason, and this has been their downfall. Therese megaw and john vincent stanley megaw, london, chatto and windus, 1963. Mithraism, a sect of zoroastrianism characterized by the worship of mithra as the. Little is known about mithras and its cult, and so it remains more than. Documents which belong to the fourteenth century before christ have. These were grouped together because, according to the historian of religion wouter hanegraaff, each one of them. Pahlavi, mehr in modern persian, and mher in armenian.
The roman mithra was a god in a secret society what can we write about a. Mithraism, a sect of zoroastrianism characterized by the worship of mithra as the defender ofthe truth, was a monotheistic mystery. This is where we connect with the holy spirit within us coming to a place of peace, quiet, calm and rest. However, mithras is distinct from both sol and sol invictus, and they are separate entitites on mithraic statuary and artwork such as the tauroctony scenes, in mithras hunting scenes, and in the mithraic banquet scenes in which mithras dines with sol. Followers of mithra became less common after the roman emperors banned. This cult became very popular, specifically among the roman soldiers all over the empire, despite the fact that mithras was the god of rome s enemies the parthians. Let this be your chief object in prayer, to realize the presence of your heavenly father. A common representation of mithras shows him slaying a bull, this images the end of the age of taurus moses threw down the golden calf around the same time it is the gradual move from polytheism to monotheism, the move into the age of aries war, heroes, sunworshipafter the age of aries comes. I did a bit of digging and it has put mithras into place for with re. Part of the gnosis archives, a comprehensive collection of materials dealing with gnosis and gnosticism, both ancient and modern. Yet god hasnt left us without guidance he has given us his word. And adam lived a hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called him seth.
As the last pagan state religion in europe, it was the. Mithras,the secret god unknown binding january 1, 1963 by maarten jozef vermaseren author 5. Mithraic image, and of what it may have meant for mithras worshippers to be part of this mystery religion, will help explain thereasons for cults widespread popularity. Mithraism, also known as the mithraic mysteries, was a roman mystery religion centered on the god mithras. Safavids, who had meticulously eradicated all documents pertaining to the succession of. Let us draw a comparison between christianity and mithraism. Come to him in the full assurance that he knows how you long for his help and. And the days after he had begotten seth were eight hundred years. Mead, including over a dozen complete books available online. A god mitra was invoked as early as the 14th century bce in a treaty between mitanni and the hittites, found at hattusa cimrm, 16, and is also widely attested in ancient persia and india merkelbach 1984. The apostle paul reminded timothy of what a helpful book the bible is.
You cannot crack this code with reason, so dont even bother trying. There is a deep spontaneous flow of the holy spirit deposited in our new spirit that we received at salvation. Unfortunately the images are not identified by vermaseren, other than in general terms. Curtis 2011 page 5 of 336 list of figures, graphs, and tables fig 1 drawing 56 points on circle. The idea of occult sciences developed in the sixteenth century.
Other scenes feature mithras ascending behind sol in the latters chariot, the deities shaking hands and the two gods at an altar with pieces of meat on a spit or spits. Derfel asserts that he had become part of a secret society that stretched clear. He was called mithras in greek and latin, and is the only divinity of preislamic iran that became the focus of a very widespread mystery religion of roman antiquity. For millennia, scholars have been trying fruitlessly to solve the mystery of this code. The correct title of this item is mithras, the secret god. Gods sovereign plan for the universe hasnt been revealed to us. In order to give a comprehensive picture of this mystery cult, i will discuss four points. The secret things of god, part 1 page 3 visit ccn on the web at iii. The ancient secrets of immortality how to live for a thousand years. Jesus christ was an intermediary between god and the people. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved 2 2. The print and ebook editions by glorian publishing a nonprofit organization include features like illustrations, a glossary, and index. March 8th 2017 this is a compilation of 17 months worth of pdf share threads and the rpg generals threads. This is the secret covenant by which we shall live the rest of our present and future lives, for this reality will transcend many generations and life spans.
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