Eventually the cornerstones were moved overnight by these unearthly agencies to the present site of the church and work was re-commenced there successfully.
The reputation is not surprising, given that the very volcanically-active site is a charred landscape of blasted rock filled with bubbling pits of unearthly hues and noxious fumes.
He was trained in piano and organ playing, but on encountering the musical glasses at age 16, his lifelong devotion to resurrecting this unearthly beauty was begun.