The last three-volume work of the Romanian philosopher and writer Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) sums up the results of his entire life in science. Volume II gives a panoramic picture of the religions of salvation from Taoism to Christian Gnosis The second volume of the History of Faith and Religious Ideas? is devoted, please, to the most dramatic and important period in the world history of religions. His title 'From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of the Christian?' naturally does not cover the ecumenical breadth of that mother, which is set forth in the book: The ancient China and Hellenistic Egypt, the European barbarians (Celts and Germans) and Iranian dualism' in the fifteen chapters of the second volume seem to fit all the richness of the religious development of the Old World. At the same time, the title has an exact meaning, conveying the co-requirement? volumes: the formation of world religions, religions of Salvation. The historical drama of the formation of these religions was that the founders themselves did not leave the 'canonical' texts, were people of the Word, preachers, and non-canonists?-dogmatics. This created problems even during the life of the Teachers: not for nothing in one of the last Christian'apocrypha?' the banner of Bulgakov's novel'Master and Margarita?' Yeshua laments his own follower, who goes with'pergament and continuously writes. But I looked into that parchment one day and I was horrified. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The formation of a written kanon, the Holy Scriptures, inevitably led to accusations of heresies and sectarianism of the heirs of local traditions, to schisms and conflicts within the once unified religious currents. Naturally, the emergence of Buddhism and Christianity was largely due to the awareness of the lack of traditional ritualism in order to distinguish between Good and Evil and find the way to Salvation. Other books on the subject:M. Eliade, A History of Faith and Religious Ideas . Volume 1 M. Eliade, A History of Faith and Religious Ideas . Volume 3