Ager Sonus - Mithra

Dark ambient album from Ager Sonus:
https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/mithra

"The cinnamon scented scroll lies perfectly aligned on your silken bed sheet, the black seal of a lion's head catches your gasp as it stares you down. The test has begun!
You stumble through the dark, your path a reflection of moonlight periodically piercing the clouds. Bare feet scrape rain soaked ground, the smell of wet earth and blood fills your exhausted breath. A faint glow signals you in the distance. Is this the beckoning you have been waiting for?"

The Roman deity “Mithras” appears in historical records of the late 1st century A.D., and disappears from it in the late 4th century A.D. Unlike the major mythological figures of Graeco-Roman religion no ancient source preserves the mythology of the god. All the information is therefore derived from depictions on monuments, and the limited mentions of the cult in literary sources.
The ancient cult of “Mithras” were especially popular among the Roman military who were intrigued by its mysteries. Worshippers of Mithras met in underground temples, now called “Mithraea”, which survived (to this day) in large numbers. The cult is rumored to have had its centre in Rome and was popular throughout the western half of the empire, as far south as Roman Africa and Numidia, as far north as Roman Britain and to a lesser extent in Roman Syria in the east.

By the end of the 4th century, the cult was superseded by Christianity, which many believe have incorporated some of its beliefs and rituals, as with the mystery cult of Isis.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312542504_The_Influence_of_Mithraism_on_Christianity

Tracklist:
00:00 The Settlement
05:48 Carpe Noctem
10:59 Beneath
19:13 Initiation
25:46 Dawn
31:08 Reborn
37:07 Ritual
44:28 Banished

Image:
http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/images/cimrm548_tauroctony_wikipedia.jpg