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Dès sa première adolescence, Montherlant s'est enthousiasmé pour les courses de taureaux, découvertes au cours de vacances en Espagne. Il a lui-même pratiqué l'art tauromachique et a reçu, en 1925, un assez grave coup de corne.
The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey).
From page one, Nabarz showers the reader with dense historical information about the origins of Mithras, an ancient Persian protector god whose worship can be traced as far back as the second millennium B.C.E.
Evoque l'histoire, les cérémonies et l'esprit du culte antique de Mithra ainsi que ses résurgences inattendues dans la franc-maçonnerie spéculative moderne et dans le culte médiéval de Saint-Michel.