john.robert_mcpherson
15 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting Tirta Empul (Holy Spring) Temple, Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
15 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting Tirta Empul (Holy Spring) Temple, Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
The Candi, a series of platforms with the vaguely Meso-American pyramid or Mesopotamian Ziggurat appearance, was explained to me as the place that the deity would sit during ceremonies associated with his feast days. No particular care was taken to maintain the structure, which was regarded as an object of significance but not holiness. Living on the Ring of Fire makes every structure impermanent. At any time volcano or earthquake can destroy any human structures. Investing too much spiritual significance into an object that will no doubt be destroyed is therefore not particularly wise. The gods may be immortal but their temples are not.
15 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting Tirta Empul (Holy Spring) Temple, Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977
15 Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC visiting Tirta Empul (Holy Spring) Temple, Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977.
The Candi, a series of platforms with the vaguely Meso-American pyramid or Mesopotamian Ziggurat appearance, was explained to me as the place that the deity would sit during ceremonies associated with his feast days. No particular care was taken to maintain the structure, which was regarded as an object of significance but not holiness. Living on the Ring of Fire makes every structure impermanent. At any time volcano or earthquake can destroy any human structures. Investing too much spiritual significance into an object that will no doubt be destroyed is therefore not particularly wise. The gods may be immortal but their temples are not.