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A Traveller’s Guide To Judea

Posted on by thewesternvoyager

By: Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana

(Salvador Dalí, Christ of Saint John of the Cross, 1951)

Where does a Sailor land ashore,

When he has lost sight of his course?

Nowhere else but upon those Western Shores!

He hears the Angel’s cry for Abraham to spare his Youngster,

Whose offspring reach the Land of Pharaohs, where a Bush kindles,

And speaks unto Moses to split the Red Sea and free His People!

He traces them with the Ten Commandments for years on end until forty,

When the Lord delivers them to a Holy Land, flowing with milk and honey,

After the Fall of Israel, a Messiah is born in the days of Herod, as God’s progeny!

Across Jerusalem, Jesus gathers twelve to spread his Gospel, 

While a Sailor muses to love thy Lord above all and thy brethren as thyself,

Following Christ’s footsteps as he performs miracles and challenges those Pharisees!

Atop Golgotha Hill, He’s Crucified to Resurrect after days on end until three, 

From whence his values spread from Constantine to Charlemagne,

Until that Sailor found a meaningful passage with the Cross from the West!

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I’m Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana, an author enamored with mythological texts, working in Comparative Literature Studies through the scholarly publication “Prophecies of Doom: J.R.R. Tolkien as a Translator of Old Myths into Modern Fantasy.” My background is in Humanities, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing, where I studied the Classical World, Western Art and Culture, Medieval Literature and History, alongside English and Spanish Poetry. Thereafter, I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Medieval Icelandic Studies, where I learned Old Icelandic, Old Norse Literature, Viking Age History, and the Archeology of the Middle Ages. My primary experience is as an English Teacher, teaching Grammar, Poetry, and Literature. The Western Voyager is my personal website, offering an educational and artistic platform accessible to everyone who seeks to consult wisdom or wishes to be swept away in an adventure. Here, I publish Poems, Short Stories, Film or Literature Analyses, Book Reviews, and Research Articles. I’m currently completing a Doctoral Thesis in Texts of Classical Antiquity, studying the influence of Virgilian Literature on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. Follow on Instagram: @thewesternvoyager Contact via Gmail: thewesternvoyager@gmail.com Subscribe to the Website: TheWesternVoyager