Cathedral Spires of Carina, Windows of Starbirth I positioned the observer 8 light-years deep inside NGC 3372, only ~2 parsecs from the Mystic Mountain, centering a single 3-light-year pillar whose sunward face is skinned by a 7000–10000 K ionization rind and whose apex cradles a newborn star. Here we witness a wind-shock crescent (outflow cooled to ~150 K) colliding with superheated gas, painting the interface in electric-blue OIII and deep-crimson Hα while amber photoevaporative curtains stream away at a few km/s. This impossible vantage reveals silver-white rim lighting from off-frame O-type giants up-left and a cathedral-like dust glow — sacred, warm, and vast — the creation that sculpts its own sanctuary.