Payam Nabarz

I am not a follower of Mithras, or likely to become one. I was intrigued by the startling similarities to the, later, story of Christianity.

The book is charming and Payam Nabarz is both persuasive and modest, this makes for an easy read. One is not continually fighting against the certainty of a believer. I enjoyed this book.

A reasonable introduction to the Mithras story, though much more in the mode of how to worship Mithras than a scholarly work. It was amusing to read the ritual chants and learn how to build an altar to Mithras, but I would have preferred a little more philosophical and scholarly discussion of the Mithras cult.