Metal

Mixed-metal alloy

The unnamed mixture of metals assigned to Mars in Celsus's report of the fifth Mithraic gate.

1 correspondence · 1 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located

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The oldest attribution here is Metal of Mars, first attested 175 CE.

Metal of

  • Mars

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Mithraic ladder reported by Celsus (attested c. 175–180 CE)
    Earliest verified attestation
    175 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Attested
    Evidence
    The source states it

    The pairing belongs to the seven-gated ladder exactly as Celsus's report survives in Origen; it is not silently replaced by the later alchemical sequence.

    Evidence

    1. Celsus, The True Doctrine, c. 175–180 CE — Origen, Contra Celsum VI.22

      Ancient primary · repeats · Fragments in Contra Celsum, Ante-Nicene Fathers translation

      The preserved passage names the gate material and its planet explicitly.

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