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with water, Jesus with spirit and fire. These were the three stages of understanding, which were taught by our Christians. While it is possible to consider these people as mere heretics. . . yet, I was singularly impressed by their piety, their feeling of certainty, their simplicity and lack of the unpleasant forms of fervour which one often finds in minority cults. They were convinced, too, that the day would come when the world would discover the truth about Jesus. When this took place it would be the mission of the Followers to come out into the open and teach those who wanted to believe in Jesus the method by which a man or woman could enter the kingdom. ³ The Afghans claim that they are the descendants of some of the lost tribes of Israel and there is a strong tradition among them to that effect. Their features certainly support their claim and so do several of the names of their tribes: for instance, Musa Khel (the tribe of Moses), Yusuf Zai (the tribe of Joseph), Daud Khel (the tribe of David), and Sulaiman Zai (the tribe of Solomon). One of their mountain peaks is called Koh-i-Sulaiman (the mount of Solomon). The capital of the country is named Kabul and it is situated along a river of the same name which is obviously a reminder of Cabul in I Kings 9:13. This, however, 3 Among the Dervishes by O. M. Burke, The Octagon Press Ltd. , London 134