Lhe translation into French of the first 10 chapters of Sepher, containing the cosmogony of Moyse, is the work of Fabre d'Olivet, this Protestant theosophist whose reputation makes him either an unknown genius or a visionary madman. Léon Cellier sums up his authority as follows: anyone who studies the occult sources of romanticism, symbolism or surrealism constantly finds traces of his influence, from Senancour to André Breton.