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The Roman Mithras Cult - A Cognitive Approach (Paperback)
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The Roman Mithras Cult - A Cognitive Approach (Paperback)
Series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
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The Roman Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach is the first full
cognitive history of an ancient religion. In this groundbreaking
book on one of the most intriguing and mysterious ancient
religions, Roger Beck and Olympia Panagiotidou show how cognitive
historiography can supplement our historical knowledge and deepen
our understanding of past cultural phenomenon. The cult of the sun
god Mithras, which spread widely across the Greco-Roman world at
the same time as other 'mystery cults' and Christianity, offered to
its devotees certain images and assumptions about reality.
Initiation into the mysteries of Mithras and participation in the
life of the cult significantly affected and transformed the ways in
which the initiated perceived themselves, the world, and their
position within it. The cult's major ideas were conveyed mainly
through its major symbolic complexes. The ancient written
testimonies and other records are not adequate to establish a
definitive reconstruction of Mithraic theologies and the meaning of
its complex symbolic structures. Filling this gap, The Roman
Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach identifies the cognitive and
psychological processes which took place in the minds and bodies of
the Mithraists during their initiation and participation in the
mysteries, enabling the perception, apprehension, and integration
of the essential images and assumptions of the cult in its
worldview system.
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