Abstract

If the author has for his purpose clarifying the hitherto obscured history of seventeenth century Hermetic and Cabalistic teachings on universal salvation, he is to be commended for his painstakingly accurate summaries. If he has wanted to raise theological and philosophical issues concerning the Christian doctrine of Hell—as the title and first part of the book indicate—his spokesmen were poorly chosen and his logic is inadequate.—E. A. R.