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The Roman Mithras Cult - A Cognitive Approach (Hardcover)
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The Roman Mithras Cult - A Cognitive Approach (Hardcover)
Series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
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This book is the first full cognitive history of an ancient
religious practice. In this ground-breaking study on one of the
most intriguing and mysterious cults, Olympia Panagiotidou, with
contributions from Roger Beck, shows how cognitive historiography
can supplement our historical knowledge and deepen our
understanding of past cultural phenomena. The cult of the sun god
Mithras, which spread widely across the Graeco-Roman world at the
same time as other 'mystery cults', offered 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 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. The Roman Mithras
Cult identifies the cognitive and psychological processes which
would have taken 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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