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Abstract Dom Pernety's religious evolution is quite characteristic of that of a number of monks of the XVIIIth century. At first a maunst benedictine at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, he wrote various works. He even sailed to the Falklands with Bougainville. In 1767, he left the Order to become a librarian at Frederic II 's court and a member of an Illuminist group inspired by Swedenborg's theology. He wrote down the questions and answers ot a mysterious Holy Word. The Illuminati left Berlin but the group reassembled in Avignon did not outlive the french Revolution nor did they overcome their internal strife. Pernety drifted out of Illuminism and died a roman catholic.