Modern Religious Experience: Assignment #3

Modern Religious Experience: Assignment #3- Sacred Poetry: "Assignment #3- Sacred Poetry • Add a picture of an ancient religious symbol to your Online Portfolio (it can be one of those from the notes..."

Magura Cave Paintings in Present Day Bulgaria

Dating Back to the Late Epipaleolithic Age.

Sacred Poetry

We owe the gods so much

for they keep us safe and alive

Without their help and protection

we  could not possibly survive. 

The spirits of the moon and stars

watch over us at night

They ward off cave bears and hyenas

until the morning light

The spirits of the animals and plants

give nourishment to us
Hunting and gathering
to live is a must


To thank these wondrous spirits
we have no choice but to show
Our gratitude by illustrating Magura Cave’s walls
with paint made from bat guano


And here in these caves we gather
men and women, young and old
Religious rituals like those for fertility are completed
while sacred liturgies are told


Here in these caves we paint, in order for
our believes and traditions to be kept
So that the gods provide us with everything we need during life
and everything we need for after death.