[57] as in all great individuals, to overcome these splits of ultimate concern. One wants to go beyond the different claims, to one ultimate claim. One wants to go beyond the conflicting idols to the ultimate which is really ultimate. When we have time to speak about the different types of faith^a and religion, we would find that here is the root of the different types of the great religions, namely the different ways in which these religions try to overcome the destructive split of consciousness. Now in this way, history leads in the direction of monotheism^b. But let me state frankly: MONOTHEISM IS NOT NECESSARILY A SOLUTION, because even the monotheistic God can become a god of idolatrous^c character! This is the point from which I will start and finish this whole discussion about religious [symbols]^d next time.