Excerpt from the Short StoryGabriella Seraph Prophetess of Mary Magdala (160 hits)
Massacre of the Innocents
The Knights Templar crusaders besieged the town of Tewahedo on July 22nd. The inhabitants of the city who made obeisance to His Eminence were granted the freedom to leave unharmed, but many refused and opted to stay and fight alongside the Magdalas.
The Grand Master of the crusades resorted to archaic psychological warfare. He ordered his troops to gouge out the eyes of 100 prisoners, cut off their noses and lips, sending them back to the villages of the city led by a prisoner with one remaining eye. This only served to harden the resolve of the Magdalas.
The doors of the church of St Mary Magdalene were broken down and the refugees dragged out and slaughtered. Many thousands died including women and children. Elsewhere in the town many more thousands were mutilated and killed. Prisoners were blinded, dragged behind horses, and used for target practice. Magdala houses of Worship were set ablaze in a desperate attempt to annihilate the servants and worshipers of Mary Magdala.
There were many martyrs during the time of tears and sorrow. The governor of the province who swore allegiance to the papacy had one young woman immersed in a cauldron of boiling oil and another bound to a tree and pierced through with arrows. But sorrow and sadness gave way to exultation mixed with renewed reverence for the Magdala when both young maidens unjustly sacrificed were resurrected within three days of the massacre.
The Knights Templar General reported back to His Eminence. "Today your Holiness, twenty thousand heretics were put to the sword, regardless of rank, age, or s*x." “You give me this so-called good report Grand Master but you have not presented me Gabriellas head on a silver platter. What of the minor goddess.”
“My Liege, my soldiers searched high and low throughout the town, ransacking their homes and laying their fields to waste but Gabriella was not to be found among them.”
“You fool! Her followers sent word to her ahead of time and before we sliced the first throat she had already escaped to the mountains. Aagh! Much blood spilled yet the sacrifice still escaped. Better she had become a dead martyr than stayed a living saint!”
The Deacons, Bishops and Cardinals lined the pathway of elaborate tapestries as His Eminence’s made his way to his royal throne. His blue, purple, red and gold robes of satin, silk and velvet, rustled as he strode across the room taking his seat in the gold and diamond encrusted throne.
The evil convocation met to discuss how to eliminate Gabriella and her “heresy”. They referred to her as “She”. They hated to speak her name. They knew that to speak someone’s name gave it power, dominance, and strength, something they hoped to undo within the populace.
“She incites the women of the city to riot. She promotes dissatisfaction amongst the masses. We’ve spent years of indoctrination to control their behavior and in a few short months she, undoes the work of centuries. Worst of all she promotes and encourages the apostasy of the ‘Feminine Divine’. ”
Those comments were pretty much the united discourse of all the bishops and cardinals.
The High Priest pulled at his beard thoughtfully during their dialogue.
“Enough he cried!” “Our Holy Mother, who might I add is subject to the whims and orders from the Father would never deign to send this untutored, backwards female shepardess. A Black female I might add to reclaim the “so-called” people. There is nothing in the Holy texts to give credence to this movement or this woman.”
“But Your Eminence spoken meekly by a red robed cardinal of Spain, The Holy Scriptures do say that Ethiopia shall rise again, her Queen will descend from Heaven, make preparation for the High Queen and gather the Diaspora together.”
His Eminence roared back, “That prophecy is confined to the continent of Africa. It means and has meant as our many ancient scholars have pointed out that African nations will be reunited under the Banner of Ethiopia. Make no mistake this sacrilege shall not spread to western shores. We will turn her followers against her and once again order will be reestablished in our world. Gabriella shall be our sacrifice!”
Disgruntled murmurs where exchanged within the room but no one came forward to challenge His Eminence’s words. It was obvious that His Eminence already had a plan formed in his mind the job of this evil congregation was merely to make that plan succeed.
“We shall gather the High Priests from every district and instruct them to hold talks or exchanges among the common people. Plant doubt in their minds. Use the Holy Word to our advantage. Such was the way of Lucifer and such will be our way.”
Assumption Elevation to the Heavenly Realm
Gabriella attempted to break away from her captors running across the deserted beach until the first stone crashed into the back of her skull sent her spilling falling into the rough sand. Blood coursed down the back of her neck, but she felt nothing as the blow had made her senseless. Lying in a crumpled heap more and more stones hit the body. They revealed in the sound of bones snapping, cracking, blood spilling from every wound, eventually enfolding the body in a red baptismal pool.
Remnants of the crowd that moment before had cried, “Stone her! Stone her!” lined the craggy shoreline. The pile of rocks used to stone kill the anointed one seemed to magically arrange themselves in a Pyramid form. The small crowd pressed in to view the broken, battered, bruised body of their sacrifice. Unexpectedly the heretofore limp being began to move. Astonished those whose purpose was to dispose of the body stepped back and froze. They could hear bones coming together, see flesh being renewed, a glow emanated from within her being.
Seraph, for that was the name of the chosen began to move and to regain her strength. She sat up, and what had previous just been jutting backbones pierced her flesh and became magnificent white wings. The appearance of these broad wings with a six foot span enabled her to stand. As she arose in all her magnificence and glory her white raiment shone with a brilliance that nearly blinded her assigned embalmers. Empyreal substance, fiery and Heavenly essence filled the atmosphere.
Before she was taken up Seraph addressed the small assembly.
“Today another mystery about my hidden being was uncovered I am “Seraph” one of the “burning ones”. My celestial purpose was, is, and will be as I ascend, to Glorify the Queen of Heaven. My mission on earth – to bear witness, is completed I will return to my duties of singing praises and hosannas to Our Lady. Once the Mistress of Heaven commissioned I went forth to do her bidding preparing the earth for Her Holy return.
There are many heavens, many earths, some terrestrial, and some celestial. Your mansion has already been prepared. All that is left is for you to receive it.”
