Mithra - The Lord of Light

Brief description of the science of light

[Elenakov]

Thank you so much. Your brief description of the science of Light is much appreciated. Light & Love <3

[djewynne]

Thank you. I have been learning about Mithras, and this was very helpful. All the best to you and yours!!!

[Luabi]

This is how I've been contemplating the Sun God in my personal pantheon!
"Science" should only Enrich our spiritual experience, not _negate_ it!
I mean, Nature is the very Face of Divinity!
Just picked up a copy of the Bible of Mithra, this is right in line with my view!

[yvonnethompson]

thank you i am watching this again and your other video again for many times. It is vital for functioning on this planet earth

[eyeamxzyra]

I love the way you selected this video. I even think you can sing it better

[navinsingh]

Mithra is also one of 12 adityas mentioned in vedas, he is solar deity.

[hikeoganessian]

if interested..The youthful God Mithra (right) symbolizing the Glorious Rays of the Sun. From Mount Nemrut Pantheon of Armenian Gods (sometimes called the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World) erected by King Antiochus Theos (86-38 BCE) of Commagene.In the Armenian heathen Pantheon Mihr (Mithra or Mithras in Latin) was considered a supreme deity. Mihr was the personification of the Illuminating Rays of the Sun. The Grand Temple of Mihr/Mithra was located in the town of Bagaharich in the county of Derjan of the Upper Armenia province of Greater Armenia. The earliest mentioning of the worship of Mithra has been recorded in the Armenian Kingdom of Hurri-Mitanni. It was found in the cuneiform inscriptions of the Hittite capital Hattusa during the 1907 archaeological excavations. The Hittite cuneiform inscriptions mentions some of the notable Armenian Gods and Goddesses that made up the Armenian pantheon of Gods in the Mitanni Kingdom. The Hittite king Suppiluliuma (reigned between 1344 to 1322 BCE) ordered the recording of a peace treaty between himself and the Armenian king Šattivaz (reigned ca. 1350-1320 BCE), who represented the Hittite and Armenian kingdoms respectively. Suppiluliuma swears upon the great deities of Armenia and specifically calls upon Mithra to bless and protect the treaty of friendship and peace between the kingdoms of Hatti and Mitanni.As was noted, this treaty was made in the 14th century BCE, and this is the earliest recorded inscription that mentions Mithra as one of the supreme Gods of Armenia. This is roughly one thousand years before the God Mithra is mentioned in the Iranian inscriptions and the Indian Vedas. Some Indo-Iranian scholars have wrongly attributed Mithra as an Iranian or Indian deity, however as we have seen, the oldest inscription that sites Mithra as a God comes from the above noted 14th century BCE inscription that mentions Mithra as an native Armenian deity that occupied a very special place in the Armenian national Pantheon of Gods.owever, what these scholars fail to realize is that in the Gathas, the earliest sacred Zoroastrian texts attributed to Zoroaster himself, Mithra is not mentioned. Furthermore, Mithra also does not appear by name in the Yasna Haptanghaiti, a seven-verse section of the Yasna liturgy that is linguistically as old as the Gathas. Many scholars have noted that the lack of any mention (i.e. Zoroaster’s silence) of Mithra in these texts implies that Zoroaster in fact had rejected Mithra. This is supported by the fact that Zoroaster did not mention Mithra was because in fact in the earliest Avestan writings both Mihr-Mithra and the Armenian Matron Goddess Anahit are condemned as “daevas” or “false gods” or “daemons” that were not to be worshiped....t was only in the fourth century BCE, when we for the first time find the mentioning of Mithras in the Iranian context as a “positive’ deity of the very radiance of the Sun in the inscriptions of the Achaemenid king Xerxes II Mnemon. The Religion of Mithras or Mithraism as it became known in the West would soon spread beyond borders of Armenia, not only towards the East, towards Iran and India, but also that of the West. Mithraic temples known as Mithraea sprang up all over the Roman Empire. They were mostly promoted by Armenian aristocrats who already by this time were prominent generals in the Roman Army. Armenian King Tiridates III is a good example, who prior to his coronation was a prominent general in the Roman Army, it was Emperor Diocletian a close friend and fellow Mithraic devotee of Tiridates who asked the Armenian king to take the challenge of personal combat from a Gothic chief, Trdat successfully stood in for the Emperor and won the tournament....By the second century AD Mithraism was virtually the state religion of the Roman Empire and virtually all of the Roman Emperors during this time and prior to adoption of Christianity in the Fourth century CE were high initiates of the Mithraic mysteries. Most of the Mithraic rites along with the rituals and rites were simply taken over by the newly forming Roman Catholic Church...The traditional crown of the Armenian kings 8-rays/pyramids on top of the crown standing for the Sun’s rays (symbolizing Mithra) along with the 8-pointed star flanked by two eagles facing it (also Mithraic symbolism). The Sun King symbolized the physical incarnation of the Sun God in the world and the Armenian tiara symbolized the union of spiritual and material worlds symbolized by the crown and the leather silk portion of the diadem respectively (united by the sacred thread/headband of glory). Historic reconstruction of the bust of the Armenian King of Kings Tigranes II the Great (reigned 95-55 BCE) by the gifted artist Robert Hazarapetyan...The Mithraic mysteries that began in Armenia in the Second millennium BCE, through the Roman Empire left a lasting legacy on Western society and civilization in general. Many of the customs and norms are in fact taken directly from the Mithraic mysteries (just one notable example would be the handshake, which was specifically used by the devotees of Mithras and today has become common place greeting gesture all over the world). Many of the holidays that we come to celebrate (including Christmas on December 25) also come directly from Mithraism which were celebrated by the Roman emperors and later the Roman Catholic Church. Same is true of the Christian mass that is held very Sunday. The tradition of building churches right into the caves (where the Mithraic mysteries took place) continued by the Armenian Apostolic Church well into the Middle Ages as the surviving world renowned Geghard church attests to this great legacy...The only surviving Armenian National Mithraic Temple of the Sun God Mithra from First Century CE erected by the orders of King Tiridates I Arsacid (reigned 52-75 CE). There were 8 sacred heathen centers of the Armenian Gods and Goddesses throughout Greater Armenia with countless beautiful temples in every one of these 8 centers...– Excerpts from Pre-Christian Gods of Armenia (Glendale, 2007) by Hovik Nersisian (1921-2009). Nersisian is an author of many books and articles. He was a renowned scholar who in 1991, for his merits in Iranian Studies, most notably the study of the oldest surviving copies of the Avesta, became a full-member of New York’s Academy of Sciences.

[sherenedavis]

Thanks for the insight, it was beautiful to listen to

[terranablett]

Great talker very easy on the ears, thankyou for the videos :)

[joelcutting]

Wonderful thank you! Turned it on out of curiosity to play while exercising under lockdown!

[sandymyers]

Thank you goodness for you!I brought clarity 😊

[Luabi]

All religions have two doctrines--one is the "Popular" doctrine, of the masses used to pacify and control populations. Teaching "obedience" and submission.
The other is the "Priests" doctrine, which studies the religion's symbols HARD in a process of Self Refinement, in a path to Apotheosis or Henosis. We need more Priests like You in our world!

[rashnakarai]

We zoroastrian still pray khorshed (sun) with mihir or mithra. These are niyash to be prayed together. Mithra is the radiance of sun. It is our daily prayer and is compulsory. Besides this is not only armenian, but aryan worship. Aryan lands stretched from Caucasus to entire central Asia upto siberia in the north. This includes armenia.

[chalinofalcone]

"The seat is astrological synchronicity is not in the planets but in the earth; not in matter, but in the anima telluris."

[Psyche and Symbol, Carl Jung, 1958, Part 2, Ch. 6-Two Chapters from: The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche; Sec. III. Forerunners of the Idea of Synchronicity, p. 259]

MIHR-MITHRA: THE CHIEF DEITY OF THE ARMENIAN HEATHEN
PANTHEON OF GODS..Gevork Nazaryan

The youthful God Mithra (right) symbolizing the Glorious
Rays of the Sun. From Mount Nemrut Pantheon of Armenian Gods (sometimes called
the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World) erected by King Antiochus Theos (86-38
BCE) of Commagene.In the Armenian heathen Pantheon Mihr (Mithra or Mithras in
Latin) was considered a supreme deity. Mihr was the personification of the
Illuminating Rays of the Sun. The Grand Temple of Mihr/Mithra was located in
the town of Bagaharich in the county of Derjan of the Upper Armenia province of
Greater Armenia. The earliest mentioning of the worship of Mithra has been
recorded in the Armenian Kingdom of Hurri-Mitanni. It was found in the
cuneiform inscriptions of the Hittite capital Hattusa during the 1907
archaeological excavations. The Hittite cuneiform inscriptions mentions some of
the notable Armenian Gods and Goddesses that made up the Armenian pantheon of
Gods in the Mitanni Kingdom. The Hittite king Suppiluliuma (reigned between
1344 to 1322 BCE) ordered the recording of a peace treaty between himself and
the Armenian king Šattivaz (reigned ca. 1350-1320 BCE), who represented the
Hittite and Armenian kingdoms respectively. Suppiluliuma swears upon the great
deities of Armenia and specifically calls upon Mithra to bless and protect the
treaty of friendship and peace between the kingdoms of Hatti and Mitanni.As was
noted, this treaty was made in the 14th century BCE, and this is the earliest
recorded inscription that mentions Mithra as one of the supreme Gods of
Armenia. This is roughly one thousand years before the God Mithra is mentioned
in the Iranian inscriptions and the Indian Vedas. Some Indo-Iranian scholars
have wrongly attributed Mithra as an Iranian or Indian deity, however as we
have seen, the oldest inscription that sites Mithra as a God comes from the
above noted 14th century BCE inscription that mentions Mithra as an native
Armenian deity that occupied a very special place in the Armenian national
Pantheon of Gods.
However, what these scholars fail to realize is that in the
Gathas, the earliest sacred Zoroastrian texts attributed to Zoroaster himself,
Mithra is not mentioned. Furthermore, Mithra also does not appear by name in
the Yasna Haptanghaiti, a seven-verse section of the Yasna liturgy that is
linguistically as old as the Gathas. Many scholars have noted that the lack of
any mention (i.e. Zoroaster’s silence) of Mithra in these texts implies that
Zoroaster in fact had rejected Mithra. This is supported by the fact that
Zoroaster did not mention Mithra was because in fact in the earliest Avestan
writings both Mihr-Mithra and the Armenian Matron Goddess Anahit are condemned
as “daevas” or “false gods” or “daemons” that were not to be worshiped.
It was only in the fourth century BCE, when we for the first
time find the mentioning of Mithras in the Iranian context as a “positive’
deity of the very radiance of the Sun in the inscriptions of the Achaemenid
king Xerxes II Mnemon. The Religion of Mithras or Mithraism as it became known
in the West would soon spread beyond borders of Armenia, not only towards the
East, towards Iran and India, but also that of the West. Mithraic temples known
as Mithraea sprang up all over the Roman Empire. They were mostly promoted by
Armenian aristocrats who already by this time were prominent generals in the
Roman Army. Armenian King Tiridates III is a good example, who prior to his
coronation was a prominent general in the Roman Army, it was Emperor Diocletian
a close friend and fellow Mithraic devotee of Tiridates who asked the Armenian
king to take the challenge of personal combat from a Gothic chief, Trdat
successfully stood in for the Emperor and won the tournament.

By the second century AD Mithraism was virtually the state
religion of the Roman Empire and virtually all of the Roman Emperors during
this time and prior to adoption of Christianity in the Fourth century CE were
high initiates of the Mithraic mysteries. Most of the Mithraic rites along with
the rituals and rites were simply taken over by the newly forming Roman Catholic
Church.
The traditional crown of the Armenian kings 8-rays/pyramids
on top of the crown standing for the Sun’s rays (symbolizing Mithra) along with
the 8-pointed star flanked by two eagles facing it (also Mithraic symbolism).
The Sun King symbolized the physical incarnation of the Sun God in the world
and the Armenian tiara symbolized the union of spiritual and material worlds
symbolized by the crown and the leather silk portion of the diadem respectively
(united by the sacred thread/headband of glory). Historic reconstruction of the
bust of the Armenian King of Kings Tigranes II the Great (reigned 95-55 BCE) by
the gifted artist Robert Hazarapetyan.
The Mithraic mysteries that began in Armenia in the Second
millennium BCE, through the Roman Empire left a lasting legacy on Western
society and civilization in general. Many of the customs and norms are in fact
taken directly from the Mithraic mysteries (just one notable example would be
the handshake, which was specifically used by the devotees of Mithras and today
has become common place greeting gesture all over the world). Many of the
holidays that we come to celebrate (including Christmas on December 25) also
come directly from Mithraism which were celebrated by the Roman emperors and
later the Roman Catholic Church. Same is true of the Christian mass that is
held very Sunday. The tradition of building churches right into the caves
(where the Mithraic mysteries took place) continued by the Armenian Apostolic
Church well into the Middle Ages as the surviving world renowned Geghard church
attests to this great legacy.
The only surviving Armenian National Mithraic Temple of the
Sun God Mithra from First Century CE erected by the orders of King Tiridates I
Arsacid (reigned 52-75 CE). There were 8 sacred heathen centers of the Armenian
Gods and Goddesses throughout Greater Armenia with countless beautiful temples
in every one of these 8 centers.
– Excerpts from Pre-Christian Gods of Armenia (Glendale,
2007) by Hovik Nersisian (1921-2009). Nersisian is an author of many books and
articles. He was a renowned scholar who in 1991, for his merits in Iranian
Studies, most notably the study of the oldest surviving copies of the Avesta,
became a full-member of New York’s Academy of Sciences.

[kos]

Fantastic! Thank you! Keep up the Great Work!

[thomascooper]

Thank you, I'm very interested in perusing this knowledge

[jonestelmond]

Thank you for sharing that piece of information. If I can understand you correctly. You said "Mithra is the 🌞" The story about Mithra was born from a virgin mother, isn't a figurative way of talking?

[ELAldebaran-dsob]

Nothing new under the sun #Mitra is Lord of Cosmo

[zenmasters_games]

Really good video. However, what about all the other "Mithras"? The other Suns, in our galaxy and other galaxies?