I had to drive back home to DC from NYC due to mom’s struggle with cancer. Left after work on a friday, 70hr work week, for a tiring drive at night. Hitting the DC Beltway, I spotted a glowing set of Disney Land like towers which because of the curve seemed to be rising in the dark from the middle of the road in the distance...for some moments I thought I was having fatigue hallucinations.
Sometimes, the spires can be a beacon. When my friend’s late mother would go to Vegas, she knew the way home by the temple spires, as his house was located almost “under” them. And from where I lived in Henderson, I could see those same spires until the trees in the temple neighborhood got too tall.
Wherever a temple is located, its unmistakable. One just can’t miss it. But that’s the idea, I think.