Capricorn 4. As a cliff erodes, a temple is in danger of collapsing.
They knew the sea was approaching slowly to eat the temple. They had built it as an offering to the waters, and so had chosen a cliff for its site, a high place above the surf where the hungry ocean below savored, over centuries the thought of its eventual repast.
And if, at the time of its consumption it might be filled with candles and worshippers they delighted to know that the faithful would also be taken into the sea’s vast mouth, and that their gift would be filled with warmth and light.