Bring back one pearl... your pearl

The Hymn of the Pearl (also Hymn of the Soul, Hymn of the Robe of Glory or Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas.

The hymn (song) tells the story of a boy, "the son of the king of kings", who is sent to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from a serpent. During the quest, he is seduced by Egyptians and forgets his origin and his family. However, a letter is sent from the king of kings to remind him of his past. When the boy receives the letter, he remembers his mission, retrieves the pearl and returns.

This Wiki link below says the boy is implicitly Thomas rather than Jesus as indicated by the eventual assertion that he is next in line to his elder brother, this unnamed brother not otherwise mentioned in the text.



[link to en.wikipedia.org]

The link also goes on to say the hymn is commonly interpreted as a Gnostic view of the human condition, that we are spirits lost in a world of matter and forgetful our true origin. This state of affairs may be ameliorated by a revelatory message delivered by a messenger, a role that is generally ascribed to Jesus.



There is a hidden meaning in this song, that is still open to anyone's interpretation of what it means.



"Bring Back One Pearl, Your Pearl"

Much Love

Billy