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difficult. The term heathen refers to the nonIsraelites; and the lawless are those who have risen above the dead letter of the law, that is to say, who conform to the spirit of the teaching and who have rid themselves of the petrifying outer encrustation, namely, the mere rules and regulations of the scriptures. Hence, those who have realized the Self, i.e., the divinity of their Soul, are the lawless, and their four and twenty kings are the four and twenty TIRTHAMKARAS under whom shall be judged, that is to say, by whose standard, shall be judged all those who seek to attain salvation. In other words, the four and twenty Tirthamkaras are models of Perfection for men, who must raise themselves to Their standard to be saved.'
Such is the testimony furnished by the Jewish Esotericism, which is the only true side of their religion. 'Its true merit has been lost sight of owing to the allegorical vogue, which has estranged us from one another and from the Truth. When the true interpretation of the world's apocrypha is reached, the differences will simply melt away, leaving men gaping at each other, in sheer astonishment and wonder!. Let the reader read 'The Key of Knowledge,' the 'Confluence of Opposites' and the Glimpses of A Hidden Science in Original Christian