Following the success of 'Of Errors & Truth', published in 1775, this second book by the Unknown Philosopher (Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin), the French author and gnostic mystic published in 1782, continues his theories of the relationships between God, Man and Nature, and goes on to provide an unusual examination of the origins of religion, tracing it through the myths of early civilizations to the Prophets of the Old Testament, the actions of the Repairer, and finally the End of Times. Famous as the founder of Martinism, this book has never previously been available in English.