Living with Volcanoes

From offerings thrown into the smoking crater of an Indonesian volcano to Catholic processions with thousands of worshipers at the foot of Mount Etna, by way of ritual dances in honor of the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes; all around the earth, crowds pray and worship sacred volcanoes. This episode invites you on a spiritual journey through the volcanic world, populated by divinities and spirits.

Japanese fertile lands with unparalleled yields water reservoirs irrigating the whole of Sicily deposits of precious materials or clean and sustainable sources of energy in New Zealand all attest of the immeasurable wealth hidden beneath the brimstone giants However the treasures of volcanoes are hardearned They are only awarded to the bravest and most steadfast of peoples

For millions of years volcanoes have been ripping the earth apart and setting continents ablaze 700 million men and women around the world are now threatened by the fire giants activities From lava flows in Italy and fiery ash avalanches in Japan to volcanic mudflows in Iceland by way of tsunamis in Hawaii and soil poisoning in Indonesia life in the shade of volcanoes is like an everlasting

Volcanoes have existed for millions of years on Earth threatening to sweep us away A group of passionate men and women have embarked on a mission to understand and protect They are the guardian angels of Naples they are isolated volcano explorers in the Rift Valley in Tanzania they are perched at more than 6000m on the Andean highlands immersed in the mysterious Auvergne subsoil volcanologists