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"prophesying." In the time of the Prophet Samuel, who was the
head of the State as well as that of the Mispha institutions,
these disciples and initiates had become very numerous; and
when Saul was anointed and crowned, he joined the zikr or
religious practice of invocation with the initiates and was
announced everywhere: "Behold Saul also among the Prophets."
And this saying became a proverb; for he was also "prophesying"
with the group of prophets (1 Sam. x 9-13). The Sufism among the
Hebrews continued to be an esoteric religious confraternity under
the supremacy of the Prophet of the time until the death of King
Solomon. After the division of the kingdom into two, it
appears that a great schism had taken place among the Sufis
too. In the time of the Prophet Elias, about 900 B.C., we
are told that he was the only true Prophet left and that all
others were killed; and that there were eight hundred and
fifty prophets of the Baal and Ishra who "ate at the table of
head of the State as well as that of the Mispha institutions,
these disciples and initiates had become very numerous; and
when Saul was anointed and crowned, he joined the zikr or
religious practice of invocation with the initiates and was
announced everywhere: "Behold Saul also among the Prophets."
And this saying became a proverb; for he was also "prophesying"
with the group of prophets (1 Sam. x 9-13). The Sufism among the
Hebrews continued to be an esoteric religious confraternity under
the supremacy of the Prophet of the time until the death of King
Solomon. After the division of the kingdom into two, it
appears that a great schism had taken place among the Sufis
too. In the time of the Prophet Elias, about 900 B.C., we
are told that he was the only true Prophet left and that all
others were killed; and that there were eight hundred and
fifty prophets of the Baal and Ishra who "ate at the table of