A Word About Interpretation and "The THORN"

Seems a bit odd to start out by saying that I could be wrong, but that's the way of the "Thorn of the Flesh." It's an expression that was used in ancient Greece, used many times by the teachers of the yet to be initiates of the Mystery Schools. It was also used in reference to those who would interpret the will of the gods- Diviners, augers, soothsayers, prophets and such- who would sometimes make pronouncements that were obviously in error. This, they would then say was due to the "Thorn of the Flesh," which indicated that man, by his very human nature, would misinterpret or falsely interpret his "understanding" of his"mystical" encounters with the gods.
In 2Cor 12 we find that St. Paul was a mystic of sorts...having been a visitor to Home..... Paul was a "near death" experiencer. He became "enlightened" by the experience. He freelly admits that he too fell victim to the Thorn.... at least three times. While not overtly admitting that he could be in error, he admitted his status with the Thorn. Read Chapter 12 of 2 Corinthians to see that this Thorn served to temper his spiritual "strength" with humility..... thus perfecting his sppiritual strength and preventing him from boastful arrogance. By doing this, he turned a negative into a positive. He was a brilliant man who actually did visit Home.
The word thorn may be traced back through history to its original root meaning... its etymon. The original word was in Indo European...... glogh, meaning thorn, sharply pointed.... the word evolved to the Greek word glossa, meaning sharp tongued, thorny speech or false interpretation, then to the modern word gloss with a sub meaning of false or misleading interpretation.
A note of interest here is that the man who was least affected by the Thorn .......the man who interpreted Heaven and God most accurately...... was crowned with Thorns as He was crucified.