Calm is a disguise. Sulfur stains black rock near Mount Agung, while temple roofs cut the same horizon that ash can erase. The ground remembers. Beneath Bali, the Indo-Australian Plate descends beneath the Sunda Plate; subduction feeds magma, fractures crust, and remakes the ground on which ritual is performed.This is no accidental pairing. Pura Besakih, long associated with Agung, stands within a...More