Long before there was a Jerusalem, there was a widespread Church of the Moon, one that studied and praised the rhythm of heaven and of all life. According to ancient Germans who carried the faith, every being was filled with slightly more good than evil. A Lake Beneath the Crescent Moon contemplates such a view of the world. Many folks want to believe that the good and the bad in life are separate, that they can divorce themselves from it all, project the bad elsewhere and demonize it. All of this turns into the most fundamental questions that people might ask, such as "Who makes the awful problems of life? Who is at fault? Should people decide for themselves how to live, or must they be told what to do? "