“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.” —Dan 2:34-35 // Priests transmit faith and devotion through the word, but it is the craftsmen who clothe the word in material flesh. They give it shape, lend it permanence. Those fortunate enough to be granted a muse through the wellspring of human experiences find their inspiration in the source of all that is divine, becoming the builders of the cornerstone and the capstone of the temple. // The importance of the laying of the corner foundation stone started in the Babylonian cosmology, where the earth was regarded as a mountain piled upon the abyss. It provoked the jealousy of a deity unless a blood sacrifice was paid. In this way, the corner stone became an altar of sacrifice, the focal point of worship for the household. One of the names given to the temple of Bel-Marduk was the “foundation stone of heaven and earth”, the same importance given to the laying of the corner stone in Solomon’s temple. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQGVZZWs6NV/?utm_medium=tumblr
