Where do the old ignored gods go

In 1835 a French writer attempts the ascent of Mount Etna with a group of men two mules and a bottle of rum Crossing the three areas of the volcano the lower region the fire region and the desert region they discover the enigmatic traces of unknown myths New powerful eyes question the volcano observe its every movement and yearn to penetrate its secrets and are faced with the most remote layers of matter and the depths of the technological gaze