Here we have a much-contested image from an ancient Roman mystery religion of the deity Mithras. Thís is a deity of the covenant and hence an initiatory secret lineage tradition. Somewhere though in the seven stages of initiation there was probably a blood ritual covenant involving the earlobe or foreskin or chest like with the Native Sundancers.
Some searching anthropologists have gotten close however to understanding this tradition fully. The torchbearers with torches up and down/waxing and waning also have legs crossed. So yes this is an initiatory path of what the crossroads is all about. This includes however not only that of the celestial and tropical wheels as one researcher implies but the crossroads of all of time/space and being. See the post on the Wheel of Origin for the five spokes of "crossroads" in Genesis 1.
Including the horned one we see as the lunar disc demiurges asuras and the rayed sun of the waterborne devas. This is about the Moon and the deeps of soul/being.
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| Horned Mother of Dragons Comet |
The hidden gates not spoken of much would also be the two kochavim/stars that appear every 70 years(comet) and every 80 years(blaze star). These were watched and times they appear close to each other in visibility were especially auspicious. Like our times. But sometimes Halley's comet would get confused with the Mother of Dragons Horned star and that is why the Talmud mentions some confusion for "sailors"(of prophecy). They are both sometimes bright short period comets. The Blaze star however is a singular event and rare. The Krater/Grail Cup we see in the image connecting this with the Hermetic lineages.
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| Tauroctony of Mithras |
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