There are almond trees in the town of Magdala,
which sits on the edge of the Sea of Galilee, where the wind blows sharp across
the Marine. Hanna, Mary’s mother often saw Mary going on errands to Tiberias,
on fishing trips, with her father Zacharias. This one time, on such a trip,
Roman soldiers visiting Tiberias were in the city on routine inspections, she
was caught wandering in the evening. She explained to the three Roman Soldiers,
she was the daughter of Zacharias, on her way home. They raped here, in an open
field nearby, at which time, she became demonically possessed. She had fallen
into a black void.
Seven
demons possessed her, one blasphemes to God, one of violence, one of
pompousness, one of shamelessness, one of profanities, one of evil, one of a
snarling animal.
The
Healer came to Magdala, Mary had fallen onto the street, demons screamed out of
her mouth, her body jolted, her eyes full of pain, closed, she heard a voice,
“Come out of this woman, I command you, every one of you, unclean spirits. Come
out!” She felt a strong hand grip her
shoulder, another to her elbow, she was lifted upward, and she found herself
face to face with the Healer, called by many (also known as Jesus, the Christ, and the
Son of Man). He smiled at her. Somehow
she knew this was how it was meant to be, as if it was always right now. The
demons had vanished, fled!
No: 4737/ 27March, 2015
Note: Information taken from the Gnostic Gospels,
the New Testament Bible Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; and the
writings of Winthrop and Frances Neilson. And the poet has taken certain
liberties to fill in the gaps. The author has himself, been on waters of the
Sea of Galilee in 2010.
