Considering that Dante's Inferno plays a major role in the album I would suggest that The Pierced Spirit is actually Caiaphas, the main Jewish antagonist of Christ in the gospels, who, according to Dante's Inferno was the pierced spirit, condemned to spending eternity crucified over the path of hypocrites to be walked over.
Considering that Dante's Inferno plays a major role in the album I would suggest that The Pierced Spirit is actually Caiaphas, the main Jewish antagonist of Christ in the gospels, who, according to Dante's Inferno was the pierced spirit, condemned to spending eternity crucified over the path of hypocrites to be walked over.