Mithras, The Secret God.
London / New York: Chatto and Windus Ltd / Barnes and Noble, 1963. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 200pp. Blue with gilt titling to spine. B&w illustrations, bibliography, index. An important study of the origins and developments of Mithraism by Prof.dr. Martinus Jozef Vermaseren (1918 - 1985), a Dutch Professor of Religious History who was regarded as a world authority on Mithraism. Chapter headings: Mithras in India and Iran; Zarathustra and the Magi; The Arrival of Mithras in Europe; The Followers of Mithras; The Means of Propaganda; The Mithraic Temple; Important Mithraic Sanctuaries; The God’s Most Famous Feat; The Figures round the Bull-Slayer; The Legend of Mithras; The Mithraic Pantheon; The God of Infinite Time; Initiation into the Mysteries; The Seven Grades of Initiation; Constellations and the Elements; Women and the Mithraic Cult; Human Sacrifice; Liturgical Hymns; New Texts from Santa Prisca; Offerings and Artists : Mithras in Art; The Fall of Mithras; Select Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements. A lovely, tight and clean near Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket is very lightly rubbed at spine ends and folds, not clipped. Now protected by mylar cover). Item #67877
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