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Mnemosyne Atlas 8

Ascent to the sun between the East and the West: pathos and kosmos

Relationships between the Greek Sun-god and the mystery solar cults of the East: instance of Mithraic ritual and bull sacrifice (formulae of the emotion of aggression).

Notes by Aby Warburg (1929)

Mithras

Mithras.

Notes by Aby Warburg and coll. (1929)

Antike Vorprägungen
Auffahrt zur Sonne (Mithras).

Precoinages from Antiquity
Ascent to the Sun (Mitra).

 
Further Readings

E. Sears, Panel 8, Guided Pathways, in Mnemosyne. Meanderings through Aby Warburg's Atlas, Cornell University, 2013.

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