A lot of playing with obscure mythological references here. Every Chistian in the world should understand it, but few will...unless they are high level freemasons. If like me you have trodden the pagan path you have a better chance of understanding it.
Angels hiding in the architecture
while Lucifer brings the light,
rumours echo round the infrastructure,
truth remains concealed from sight.
In a forgotten desert temple
where the rose grows on a cross,
the greatest question, rendered simple,
mocks and ridicules our loss.
Seven arts to be assimilated
to the thirty – third degree
before the theory that is postulated
will reveal the hidden key.
Seven towers must be ascended;
Upwards to the highest storey
where art and science may be blended
to reveal the gnostic glory.
Well Mark would have been refreshing in his honesty except he was not honest. Mark did not understand a single word of the poem and did not heed the warning above. Sure, you see those images in bikers' tatoos and on heavy metal album covers but forget the people who buy that stuff; the creators of the artwork understand the symbolism very well.
Most Christian faiths keep their followers in ignorance of the origins of their faith. All these images are drawn from the original Greek texts on which the early Bibles were based
Being a Christian..this is mind boggling to me my freind!!
Love Tinka
Reviewed by Mark Falkin (Reader)
Reviewed on July 20, 2007
uh...yuk. nothing pulls me in. the imagery: corny archetypes you might see in a suburband teenager's tattoo. sorry. i don't hand out positive comments unless something is good. this isn't. it might be molded into decent notes for a mildly interesting essay on these topics of (*snore*) god/no god. but in "poetry" form: not good.
Ian,
A rendering poem with a purpose hidden. I absolutely loved the last verse as the entire poem. I saved it to my library to treasure. Exceptional writing here.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on July 20, 2007
I think if more paid attention to the old cathedrals and the symbolism found therein, and did their research, they would be very surprised at what their church folk have been up to. Organized religion is where you find the arse and head completely fused.
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Most Christian faiths keep their followers in ignorance of the origins of their faith. All these images are drawn from the original Greek texts on which the early Bibles were based
Love Tinka
I'm not Christian or Mason, but I understood the poem completely. It could be because I know many gnostics. ~ Sara
A rendering poem with a purpose hidden. I absolutely loved the last verse as the entire poem. I saved it to my library to treasure. Exceptional writing here.
Well done.
Elizabeth