The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire: mysteries of the unconquered sun

Introduction to interpreting the mysteries: old ways, new ways 2. Old ways: the reconstruction of Mithraic doctrine from iconography 3. The problem of referents: interpretation with reference to what? 4. Doctrine redefined TRANSITION: FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS 5. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 1. Introduction and comparisons 6. Cognition and representation 7. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 2. The mithraeum 8. Star-talk: the symbols of the Mithraic mysteries as language signs 9. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 3. The tauroctony Conclusions