Where might I find some unbiased information on Mithra?
Mithra, like the god Dionysus, were both considered to be ‘divine children’. Look up the gods Osiris and Attis also, they too were considered to be divine children. As you are aware a ‘divine child’ is part human and part god. The early Zorastrians referred to the founder of their belief, Zoroaster also known as Zarathustra, as a divine child. The aspects of the god Mithra was carried through into Christianity by the Roman emperor Constantine and his scribe Eusibeus. Reading the latter part of my paper on the web (http://ca.geocities.com/rachelpowerslane… may help you somewhat. The concept of the ‘divine child’ has existed on this planet for many thousands of years. I have after years of study traced it back 17,000 years. The divine child is a ‘concept’ not any one particular person. There is a plate that was discovered in Egypt showing Mithra seated at a table with his 12 disciples much as the latter Jesus was show