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2. Greco-Roman mysteries - Wikipedia

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   Mystery religions, mystery cults, sacred mysteries or simply mysteries (Greek: μυστήρια), were religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates (mystai). The main characteristic of these religious schools was the secrecy associated with the particulars of the initiation and the ritual practice ...

3. Mithraism - Wikipedia

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   Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity ( yazata ) Mithra , the Roman Mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between Persian and Greco-Roman practice ...

4. Category:Greco-Roman mysteries - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Greco-Roman mysteries" ... The Influence of the Mystery Religions on Christianity; J. ... This page was last edited on 23 October 2024, ...

5. Mysteries of Isis - Wikipedia

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   Roman statue of Isis, second century CE. Greco-Roman mysteries were voluntary, secret initiation rituals. [2] They were dedicated to a particular deity or group of deities, and used a variety of intense experiences, such as nocturnal darkness interrupted by bright light, or loud music or noise, that induced a state of disorientation and an intense religious experience.

6. Religion in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   A common theme among the eastern mystery religions present in Rome became disillusionment with material possessions, a focus on death and a preoccupation with regards to the afterlife. These attributes later led to the appeal to Christianity, which in its early stages was often viewed as mystery religion itself. [105]

7. Sacred mysteries - Wikipedia

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   Beliefs of the religion which are public knowledge but cannot be easily explained by normal rational or scientific means. A mystagogue or hierophant is a holder and teacher of secret knowledge in the former sense above, while mysticism may be defined as an area of philosophical or religious thought focusing on mysteries in the latter sense.

8. Jupiter Dolichenus - Wikipedia

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   Jupiter Dolichenus was a Roman god whose mystery cult was widespread in the Roman Empire from the early-2nd to mid-3rd centuries AD. Like several other figures of the mystery cults, Jupiter Dolichenus was one of the so-called 'oriental' gods; that is Roman re-inventions of ostensibly foreign figures in order to give their cults legitimacy and ...

9. Mythras - Wikipedia

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   Mithras, the great god at the centre of the Roman mystery religion Mithraism; Mythras, a re-branding of the sixth edition tabletop role-playing game RuneQuest; See also