The Lycian Sanctuary

Lord of the Dead / The Dead God / The Holly King

All life comes from death. Everything we can derive any kind of nourishment from, was alive at one time or is still alive, as in the case of vegetables, when we consume it. Without death nothing, at all, can live. These are the logistics of life. We have to accept that, or be in a state of denial.

As for the quality of life, that too is enhanced by death. Life and beauty are made precious, because they are temporary. Death will bring both to an end, and so, we appreciate them more because we will eventually lose them. One of the lessons death teaches us, is to take nothing for granted, for soon it will be gone.