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

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.

Hi Ian,

I'm not Christian or Mason, but I understood the poem completely. It could be because I know many gnostics. ~ Sara

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.

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.

Well done.

Elizabeth