The Mysteries of Mithra

by G.R.S. Mead

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Genres: Religion

112 pages, Paperback

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

[Steve Mitchell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm sure there are better books on the subject out there, but this would make a good starting point before I go off in search of them.

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a book to use as reference. This is my gateway book to a study of the cult. After watching DaVinci's Demons piqued my interest, I wanted to know more.

[Chinmayee Kulkarni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Condensed information in the beginning made me do some research on the terms (which does not affect my rating, if it did, it would do so positively), like Magianism, or the various influences of Mazdaism and/or Magianism on later esoteric religions like Gnosticism and Hermeticism.

Speaking of history, Mead has been quite thorough in finding mentions of Mithras in various writers such as Porphyry and Heraclitus, of trying to trace exactly where the Eastern Mitra became the Roman Mithras we know today.

Critiques : Most of his information comes from Franz Cumont, so I had better read his work. Also there are places of ambiguity but that may be granted in some aspects.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction and very honest. We don’t know. Instead of acting like a cast member from ‘Ancient Aliens’ and being overly speculative, he tries to tell us what he gleans from the records and what is not there.