Echoes From the Gnosis, Vol. 6: A Mithriac Ritual

by G.R.S. Mead

Excerpt from Echoes From the Gnosis, Vol. 6: A Mithriac Ritual

The last little volume gave the reader a brief outline of what is known of the cult of Mithra and the spread of the Mithriac Mysteries in the Western world. We have now to deal with a Mithriac Ritual of the most instructive and intensely interesting character, which introduces us to the innermost rite of the carefully guarded secrets of the Mithriaca.

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88 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

George Robert Stowe Mead, who always published under the initialism G.R.S. Mead, was a historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society, as well as founder of the Quest Society. His scholarly works dealt mainly with the Hermetic and Gnostic religions of Late Antiquity, and were exhaustive for the time period.

Reviews

[Arsalan Sarafraz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

[Kjǫlsigʀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sparse but nearly waste-free, this important translation provides disproportionately important keys to tracing the ancient Aryan traditions.