Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during ...

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

The mystery cults of classical Greece and Rome remain appropriately mysterious to historians. In contrast to the mainstream currents of Greco-Roman paganism, where rites were conducted in the open, ...

The Sun played a powerful role in the spiritual life of the ancient world from the Greek titan Helios and the Roman god Sol to the mystery cult of Mithras and the Syrian deity Elagabal Over time Sol ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient “vishap stele” in Armenia, known as “dragon stones,” have long puzzled archaeologists trying to ascertain their true ...

While reading Manly Palmer Hall’s mystical, 1920s-era magnum opus The Secret Teachings of All Ages and watching “a ton of kung fu movies,” local artist and educator Angela Fox concocted a narrative ...