The Ark Within
When you read Greek mythology do you try envision the Gods? Or the creatures leaping off the pages? Of course what we all see would be somewhat unique to each of us, wouldn't it and probably nowhere to what a child back then say with their mind's eye? Their world was in color, the one we read about them having is in black and white. Our experiences, attained knowledge, and imagination fills in the gaps. I expect it is pretty much the same when we read about other current religions and the words they hold dear, without the same background as one devout may have, we see something different based off of symbolism we know and being with as we absorb. Perhaps this is where lost in translation where we need to pause and consider this about ourselves and human nature, so battles do not take footing and set in, spilling the blood of the innocent in the process. This was something on my mind today as I thought that spleen and how symbolically I feel it does represent something ...
