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@article{818460, author = {Chalupa, Aleš}, article_number = {2}, keywords = {Mithraism; Mithraic Grades}, language = {eng}, issn = {1210-3640}, journal = {Religio: Revue pro religionistiku}, title = {Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy?}, volume = {16}, year = {2008} }
TY - JOUR ID - 818460 AU - Chalupa, Aleš PY - 2008 TI - Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy? JF - Religio: Revue pro religionistiku VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 177-201 EP - 177-201 SN - 12103640 KW - Mithraism KW - Mithraic Grades N2 - The article re-opens the problem of Mithraic Grades in the light of some new important discoveries. It comes to conclusion that 1)they can still be seen as initiatory and at least theoretically a religious goal of all Mithraists; 2) they were vertically structured and initiation into them imitated a journey of the soul through planetary spheres; 3) they were universal and existed in all (or at least in the majority of) Mithraic communities; 4)they were an integral part of Mithraic ideology and were used from the very beginnings of the cult. ER -
CHALUPA, Aleš. Seven Mithraic Grades: An Initiatory or Priestly Hierarchy? \textit{Religio: Revue pro religionistiku}. 2008, vol.~16, No~2, p.~177-201. ISSN~1210-3640.
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