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Mithraism
Lacus Curtius article covering Persian origins of Mithraism, the expansion of Mithraism, Mithraism in the Roman Empire, initiation rites, Taurobolium, Mithraism's decline, and Manichaeism.

The Incredible Mithras Myth
Parallels between Jesus and Mithras.

Mithraism: Jung vs. Freud
The two disagreed about the significance of the bull-slaying imagery. Freud thought it represented the killing of the animal ego by the human ego whereas Jung thought the bull represented an accepted alter-ego.

< URL formerly at museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/mithras/frames.htm>> The Temple of Mithras
Photos of a Mithraeum in England and Cumont-based information on the history of Mithraism.

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