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@winzigerflashendeckel6894

Ай бұрын

Epic

@WhataMensch

Ай бұрын

WE want the GAZA episode now extra history

@danielsantiagourtado3430

Ай бұрын

You guys are legends 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

@IDFpartyboi972

Ай бұрын

WE want the Palestine episode ASAP

@long3row

Ай бұрын

are the buttons on the cloak a reference to matpat?

Fun fact about the cult of Pythagoras: they were allegedly so put off by irrational numbers that you weren't even told about their existence until you made it to the higher tiers. edit for some context: These guys lived in a world where all math was based on geometry and modern algebra was well more than a millennia away. In that respect, the idea of a number that you couldn't measure with a ruler and a compass being some kind of abomination isn't THAT silly.

@b1laxson

Ай бұрын

Square root of minus one.

@ShadowWizard123

Ай бұрын

For me, if someone I'm dating mentions the existence of irrational numbers before marriage, giant red flag.

@stephentomsky9576

Ай бұрын

There's an interesting manga about a math teacher being isekai'd into a kid and showing various math tricks and puzzles including irrational numbers as he would really rather be learning to do magic. Weird name though, Search for "my magician senior" and you should find it.

@arcticlaw9198

Ай бұрын

I don't blame them. Math used to make sense

@kayohwai

Ай бұрын

@@ShadowWizard123 If you're on a date when they do this, try getting the waiter's attention by blinking in morse code.

Man, I'd love it if in some ancient text somewhere, someone who was denied membership to one of these cults wrote out the ancient Roman equivalent of "Why won't those stupid idiots let me in their crappy club for jerks?" lol.

@stephentomsky9576

Ай бұрын

Go look up ancient Coliseum graffiti, it's not that, but you can get pretty close i think.

@Memelord1117

Ай бұрын

I never knew people could be that petty even back then.

@lysanamcmillan7972

Ай бұрын

@@Memelord1117 Roman graffiti is such a testament to human nature. "Sorry, ladies, I'm done with you! I, Telsemachus, am only going to sport with men now!" - I have to think a few of the sex workers in the food court the rough equivalent appeared in were relieved to hear this. It's like if MGTOW had a bisexuality clause.

@ThinksFarToMuch

26 күн бұрын

That would have been hilarious! 😂

the scorpion giving the bull the clamp is such a bizarre detail lol

@ShanRenxin

Ай бұрын

But not exactly surprising, given how thirsty the Romans were.

@iamdanieloliveira

Ай бұрын

That's probably how they got people to join. "C'mon dude, tell me, what's the deal with the scorpion?" "Can't tell you, that knowledge is for member's only"

@spychiatrist3045

Ай бұрын

K. Here’s a hint. Don’t be so literal. They’re constellations. 😑

@MovieFan1912

Ай бұрын

Just like the zodiac in Gravity Falls, the symbols don’t have to be literal.

@mikekochendorfer7965

3 минут бұрын

Give em the clamps!

Funnily enough, I begin my Vampire: the Masquerade campaign tonight, and the Cult of Mithras play a huge role in the lore of that game

@101Mant

Ай бұрын

Last time I played he was a rather minor background character who woke up and got killed. I guess it's changed a lot since then.

@tannerhudson3382

Ай бұрын

@101Mant if you're playing in the British isles, he's the most important piece of the metaplot, if you're not, he's relatively minor. Which is kind of the nature of vampire lore, it's all as important as you want it to be

@pedroarjona6996

Ай бұрын

I have sent a link of this video to my game group chat.

@Limrasson

Ай бұрын

Funnily I'm also doing the exact same thing, but only first playthrough so no spoilers!

@Osric24

Ай бұрын

Starting a Chronicle in Victorian England soon. I'm ST, and am very much planning on the cult of Mithras having a substantial place in the plot. Should be fun for the coterie!

Who controls the British crown?~ Who keeps the metric system down?~ We do, we do~

@guillermoletsworkitout3522

Ай бұрын

Ahh the stonecutters lol

@Imulti

Ай бұрын

Welcome to stone cutters 2.0 Rules: no Homers

@wraithcadmus

Ай бұрын

Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?~ Who keeps the Martians under wraps?~ We do, we do~

@Pravaification

Ай бұрын

Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star? WE DO, WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@CaitiffPrimogen

Ай бұрын

It's quite likely this series will mention the inspiration for the Stonecutters, The Freemasons!

Fun fact: the Dionysian cult was chthonic (focusing on gods and rituals relating to death) and discussed wine as a metaphor for death and rebirth.

@bradensmith1843

20 күн бұрын

The wine had many drugs they called people that were able to use the drugs Jesus. Was a a titel😢

The spectrum between what we know today as Organized Religions, Occult Rituals, gentleman's clubs, labor/trade unions/guilds, fraternal orders, and insurance companies is such a fascinating area of history. Not quite fully religious, not quite fully political, not quite fully social, and not quite fully economic, but including aspects of all. It's something that doesn't really compute for us in our thoroughly modern contemporary culture.

@georgesears2916

Ай бұрын

Insurance companies? Can I get a discount on vehicle insurance with the right blood ritual? Asking for a friend...

@RickJaeger

Ай бұрын

@@georgesears2916 I'm afraid I'm not able to reveal those kinds of secrets to outsiders.....

@greatexpectations6577

Ай бұрын

You forgot to mention multi-level marketing groups - pretty culty if you ask me 😂

@Nipah.Auauau

Ай бұрын

@@greatexpectations6577 and Rust developers.

@issakzwarton9067

Ай бұрын

We need like a cult of exercise

I was about to ask who the pater of the EC society was, but then I realized it's Zoey. Of course it's Zoey.

@jesenjin8467

Ай бұрын

How dare YOU!!! She is mater, not pater!

@GeneralLuigiTBC

Ай бұрын

Really? I thought it was Walpole.

@jorgelotr3752

Ай бұрын

@@GeneralLuigiTBC Would have been Ibn Battuta, were he not frequently away on sidetrips.

@DragoniteSpam

Ай бұрын

@@jorgelotr3752 Maybe they can give him an Emeritus role.

AFAIK the oldest secret society known was the cult of Ceres and Persephone at Eleusis, from where the word "mystery" as commonly used stems ( a "mystery" was originally just a religious rite based on an event of its founding mythos, but since theirs were the ones whose existence was the most well-known, while also being the most unknown, it ended with its current meaning).

@aquos4176

Ай бұрын

Hi, major classical religion nerd here. The Eleusinian Mysteries are interesting, in that they are the oldest example of a 'Mystery' in the Greek and Roman worlds, that is a set of rituals that were supposed to be secret to non-initiates. The Mysteries, however, were not much of an organised group nor were they *that* secret. The Mysteries literally consisted of a single, drawn out ritual involving a procession from Athens to Eleusis and back, ritual ordeals, and most likely a ritual encounter with the goddess Demeter. That's it. Some people did the ritual multiple times in their life, but it's closer to a very elaborate baptism you're not allowed to tell anyone about than a real secret society. And as I said, it also wasn't *that* secret. Some estimates have the majority of the Athenian citizen population be initiated in the mysteries, as they weren't really that picky. While the Eleusinian Mysteries were certainly uniquely unorganised and loose, it is worth mentioning many other Mystery Cults (especially the older ones) were similarly more a 'thing we do every so often but don't tell anyone about', rather than a full blown secret society like the Mithraics (and even the Mithraics appear to have been limited to a bunch of mostly independant local chapter houses). From what we can tell based on a couple of snitches throughout history, the Eleusinian Mysteries seem to have been a ritual to ensure a good afterlife (again, similar to a baptism). They seem to have included a ritual encounter with death, from which Demeter 'saved' the inititate. If you're wondering why Demeter, she was actually a major cthonic goddess to many Greeks. Not only is her daughter Persephone, but she herself was often seen as a goddess of rebirth and reincarnation. The idea appeared to have been that she caused grain to emerge from the ground, life from death, and could therefore also bring the dead back to life (although not in a Christian style resurrection, I don't actually know if the details of this afterlife-belief are known).

@jorgelotr3752

Ай бұрын

@@aquos4176 It's certainly interesting. The only other thing I know about Demeter's life-giving/keeping powers is that myth about the seasons, and I've heard that the usual take on it, that it's winter when Persephone goes back to Hades, is mostly a current misunderstanding, and that it's in fact summer (seems like summers in Ancient Greece were scorching, plus it makes a lot of sense given that one of the people she goes to ask about her daughter during that season, and the one that provides her with an answer, is Helios).

One of my favourite places to visit is the London Mithreum! Its an awesome underrated and free place to visit. They use lights and fog to rebuild the temple, it is breathtaking.

@emlee1771

Ай бұрын

i’ve been too! really wonderful, and i had a blast at the 0 level floor crafting area haha

@blaster915

Ай бұрын

Huh! I never knew that was in London! I shall give it a look when I next travel there!

@jackukridge5381

Ай бұрын

@@blaster915 you absolutely should, there's also a wall of artefacts including part of a roman door they found in the Thames. Just be sure to book a place online.

I remember how Raised by Wolves had Mithraism take Christianity's place and thinking how unrealistic it was. Christianity's whole strength was in NOT being a secret society with elite membership. If Mithraism was to spread the way Christianity did it would have had to reorganize significantly.

@Makarosc

Ай бұрын

I thought the appeal to Christianity was you didn't have to do anything besides convert

@chowyee5049

Ай бұрын

@@Makarosc You had to repent of your sins and be baptized. That's not nothing. Also, you'll be worshiping alongside people you would otherwise consider your enemies. Keep in mind Jesus's disciples included tax collectors and zealots, literally traitors and terrorists.

@mikered1974

Ай бұрын

​@@chowyee5049one Big Advantage of Christianity over Mithraism is the Christians is Pro-Poor while Mithra adherent are almost exclusively for Rich Folks also Mithraism system of recruitment is almost similar to Fraternity which tend to Exclusiveness to Certain degree of People While early Christianity has no discrimination to join its ranks no matter your Status in Society ie: Poor & Rich , Sinner , Criminals , Romans or Non-Romans aslong you truly repent of your Sin and Pray in the name of Jesus your welcome too the Fold.

@Colddirector

Ай бұрын

Weren't some flavours of gnostic Christianity very mystery-cult-y?

@chowyee5049

Ай бұрын

@@Colddirector Gnostics sure. But not proto-orthodox Christians. Gnosticism certainly seeped into the Early Church but they resisted vehemently.

0:52 IS THAT THE FIRST FULL ARM EVER DRAWN??

@Mackyle-Wotring

Ай бұрын

Yes

@MrKoolBreeze22

Ай бұрын

No

@thememecartextras9638

Ай бұрын

Extra History history has been made

@zEr-ne5ri

Ай бұрын

maybe I don’t know

@illuminaticake4528

Ай бұрын

i thought something felt weird

Me: Walking down a dark pathway The looming figure with a blindfold behind me: hey buddy, you wanna join my club?

God I've been obsessed with Mithras and his cult for so long, so glad yall are doing a video on it! I hope there will be mentions of Sol Invictus and the Tauroctony

@freakyvisser

Ай бұрын

And if not your welcome to do your own video about it!

@sebastian122

Ай бұрын

Why obsessed?

Mithras (well, the ghosts of his worshippers) appeared briefly in Mark of Athena, a book in the Percy Jackson series

Please do the Greek war of independence of 1821 against the ottoman empire next I've been asking for this since the first episodes of the sengoku Jidai!!

@KasumiRINA

Ай бұрын

I want a part on Byron, the poet, joining it and wanting to sell his estate to keep financing his Albanian troops. It's crazy!

@FakeBlocks

Ай бұрын

@@KasumiRINA IKR fascinating story

@Gibbstronic

Ай бұрын

ζήτω η Ελλάδα!!!

@Moses_VII

6 күн бұрын

I am from Iraq, I am interested in this too

Real talk - LOVE THIS! You need to tackle the Eleusinian Mysteries!!

1:46 I got jumpscared by ordo coming on to my screen. For a split-second I thought somehow they knew I was watching 😅

I hope yinz cover the Hermetic Orders of the 20th century, such as The Golden Dawn

@extrahistory

Ай бұрын

We will!

@danielsantiagourtado3430

Ай бұрын

​@@extrahistoryawesome ❤❤❤❤

@kokuinomusume

Ай бұрын

@@extrahistory I'm SO waiting for the Aleister Crowley cameo.

@robertjarman3703

Ай бұрын

Wait, Golden Dawn? The Greek ultranationalist group?

@PT5-Shorts

Ай бұрын

@@robertjarman3703 The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society from the late 19th to early 20th century. No Greek except Hermes Trismagistas who is Throth+Hermes

How can there be a series on "secret societIES", plural? Aren't all these groups just subsets of the Order of Assassins in their endless, globe- and history-spanning battle to keep alien artifacts out of the hands of the Knights Templar?

@StevenRitter

10 күн бұрын

atleast half of these secret societies would be aligned with the templar

Yes Extra History time!!! Lets gooo

she sells sanctuary reference is crazy. (For those who don't know, the band who made that song is called the cult)

@GredelsRage

Ай бұрын

One of my favorites.

@jon-paulfilkins7820

Ай бұрын

She's a 'Fire Woman'😜🤘🤘

@GredelsRage

Ай бұрын

@jon-paulfilkins7820 and shes to blame.

@Switcharoo12

Ай бұрын

Totally dig the Cult, loved em since the 80s.🤟

There's actually one possible missing link that could explain the noticeable discrepancy and evolution of Mithras and that is the royal cult of Mithras in Commagene and later Pontus, it's actually interesting how the Persianate religions of the areas adopted the elements of Zoroastrian religions that most fitted their scaled-down versions of the Persian imperial cult often focusing on the role of the king as an enactor of the law of Mazda, the Heavenly God's master of armies and champion, a role that was taken in the Heaven by Mitra quite often. In synthesis, Azura Mazda gives unto Mitra the solemn duty of enacting his will and Mitra gives unto the emperor *his* solemn duty to enact his, it's basically a martial hierarchy based on vows of loyalty and pledges of allegiance, something Mitra is the god of, something that is important for a king and his generals and "vassals". At times the more esoteric and difficult to grasp Asura Mazda was simply dropped as what was important to the royal cult was the idea of Mitra as a god that fights evil and upholds the cosmic order, duties he can then entrust to the king as his earthly aid de camp thus giving him a heavenly mandate. It's an interesting theory one that I would say holds water

Amazing as always! ETA: Ali did an amazing job with the art!

@TheAntoine48

Ай бұрын

Cuuuuttteeee

Woohoo!! It's time for more EH!! Very excited to see how this series goes! 😄

@YarPirates-vy7iv

Ай бұрын

They are a little 'eh' but pretty good overall.

Tje beggining of yet another amazing series! Loved this one guys! You're the Best❤❤❤😊😊😊

Really enjoyed the presentation of this series- looking forward to climbing the ranks

LOVED the setup for this series! Nailed the vibes 👌

Just came from the series on early chirstian schisms and loved seeing how this series has developped over the years. I always love how accessible these ideas are made, yet how much I still learn. Thanks so much for sticking with this and producing great content!

This is probably your coolest series concept ever. I’d love to see history series on other more pop culture or obscure topics like music!

I can't look at Mithras/Mithra/Mitra without thinking about the Shin Megami Tensei equivalents. Still cool to learn.

@derrinerrow4369

Ай бұрын

Mithras was pretty useful in my Persona 3 Reload run, and not just for the Theurgy with Siegfried

@Epee2134

Ай бұрын

@@derrinerrow4369 I remember them more in Strange Journey, where it starts with Mitra, and then in the refight he transforms into the Zoroastrian Mithra

There’s a wonderful church in Rome, San Clemente, which is a 15th century church built above a 5th century church built above a 1st century Mithraeum - one of my favourite sites in the city

I always enjoyed seeing the remains of the Temple of Mithras in central London - these were at ground level on a plaza so you could just walk up and view them. They've since been restored to their proper subterranean location, situated below the Bloomberg HQ.

ALWAYS look forward to your videos guys! 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

An episode about the order of the Assasins would be epic

The first rule of Ordo Extra Historia is... tell EVERYBODY about Extra History!

I use Mithras a lot in like Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, so thanks for explaining this.

4:07 Nope, you’re not the only one. Great music reference!

I am so excited for this series!

When I hear the word cult. I think of one little jingle. Come along, you belong! Feel the fizz of Kookoo Kola!

Woo excited to watch more!

I am so hype for this!

This is the best channel ive ever seen fr

Love this series! As a newbie Dungeon Master, these historical secret socieities and cults are giving me A LOT of ideas. 🤔

Oh yes, I am SO here for this series!!

I love this series already!

I've been to the site at Hadrian’s Wall! Really interesting! Thanks for the video!

Now that's a series that got my full attention and interest!

First time I heard about the Cult of Mithras was from a Doctor Who audio drama ("Seasons of Fear") taking place at the time in a Roman fort at Hadrian's wall during the late Empire. It caused me to look it up afterwards. It's fascinating to learn about!

This is a great video!

IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS MINI SERIES

love all your videos excellent idea to write about secret societies, it is a very interesting topic.

love the intro, love this channel!!!!

I'm looking forward to this series

Oooohhhhh yesssss I’ve been wanting a video on this for ages

Your guys editing keeps getting better.

@extrahistory

23 күн бұрын

Thank you!

i went to the london mithraeum at the bloomberg building, truly a must-go

please make a video series about the Khmer-Cham wars and one about the history of the Swahili coast

I liked this introduction so much 😊

Oooo I knew about this one from the Mary Stewart Merlin books. Highly recommend

I hope you'll mention the Anacreontic Society. The song "To Anacreon In Heaven" is where the US anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" got its tune.

@Donathon-qx8kq

Ай бұрын

Really, I didn't know that...I thought it was a British drinking song....

@EddieMillerStudios

Ай бұрын

@@Donathon-qx8kq "To Anacreon In Heaven" is a British drinking song.

- But what does it mean? - Noone know what it means but its provocative. -No its not. -IT GETS THE PEOPLE GOING

Finally!!! The cult of Mithras continues to intrigue me!

Alright, so what I'm getting from this introduction to the Ordo Extra Historia is that you *don't* want me to tell all my friends about your awesome channel. Got it!

The art was excellent, just excellent

I believe that Scientific American Magazine has an article suggested one of the reason for the rise of the Mithras cult (and other cults of the time, including Christian) was supported by the realization that the Astrological constellations were moving on the calender. The ideas was that if something was moving the constellations it must be a powerful thing, an new thing, and well that requires new beliefs. This relates to Mithras being stronger than the bull, and so able to move constellations. Or something like that. My memory is long on this one and getting a bit fuzzy Scientific American Magazine December 1989 Volume 261, Issue 6 The Mithraic Mysteries The icons of this ancient Mediterranean cult can be deciphered only in terms of a world-view that placed the powers controlling human destiny not on the earth but in the stars

Hilarious, I was just learning about Mithra! I'm a big pirate nerd and he was worshipped by the Cillician pirates.

Great video.

i like to wait for all parts so i can binge. but im so excited because i love learning about cults ❤❤❤❤

OH YEAH THE CULT OF MITHRAS! I remember learning it from that Sherlock Holmes game, Crimes and Punishment.

You guys at EH always make My day! Thanks! Hearth please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Muy bueno. Gracias por compartir. Dios le bendiga.

LOLed at the The Cult Sanctuary reference. Didn't expect that.

Reverse 1999 brought me here. Irrational numbers was something I heard about.

@Jak239JC

Ай бұрын

Yes along with the bean thing.

That was definitely the best intro for in episode I have ever saw

I’m playing through Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishets right now and the third case is heavily involved with Mithraism.

Selling Sanctuary. Well played, sir.

Why did you guys have so much fun with this episode?

by 8:40 I'm realizing you're just describing the VFW Post.... LOL

Good vid :D

2:25 HA! JOKES ON YOU! NOW MY HISTORY TEACHERS WATCHS YOU AND SUBSCRIBED 😎

Hunting these dudes in assassins creed odyssey rn. Thanks for the info.

The Edward Rutherfurd novel SARUM describes the Mithraistic ritual of the *Taurobolium,* a purification ritual involving the exsanguination of a bull. Very interesting.

I'm only intersted in going up in ranks until I'm cat ranked. Eternity with Zoey sounds perfect, and I can bring chicken.

I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series on the topic, especially the one on the Sol Invictus

Good series...

Gr8 job guys

Nice music reference, guys. On that topic, I'll be sure to have my ice cream van ready to go for next week's episode.😉

Oh this will be a fun series. Maybe the most fun series. But anyway, really looking forward to all of these.

We now need a Cult Of Extra History

@gamewatch6861

Ай бұрын

You speak as if there isn't one already.

There have been so many secret societies in history that it's kinda funny. There's the more modern ones, the ancient ones, the ones that are actually just resistance cells against occupation (think the French Resistance in WWII), the cults, the various guilds whose secret wisdom was the proper way to turn metal or leather or just about any other craft... Typically it's not that knowing about them is a secret, but what they know is what's secret. I love that you are doing this.

Ordo Historiae Extrae is what I'm going with :D

Really good

You should make a series on the Treaty of Versailles for WW1's 110 year Anniversary.

I have the sudden urge to play Cultist Simulator.

Please tackle the Nickolas Bourbaki group! It's one of my favorite little secret society through history. And the link between it and Twenty One Pilots music are fascinating.

I LOVE THIS TOPIC, I LOVE THE CULT OF MITHRAS STORY

I remember learning about that in a early mediaeval art history class.

hey, can you make a series of episode on delhi sultanate or mughal empire ?? or the cholas or the mauryas...... basically a series of a chapter on indian history, will be really appreciated!! and looking for more interesting videos!