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​The Winds of Fate and Destiny in an Eternal World: The concepts of fate and destiny and the concepts of eternity and infinity are all entwined in meaning but have distinct connotations. Fate and destiny relate (differently) to a predetermined state in the future and that future may or may not be held eternally or infinitely. Also available as a Word Guide.
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Time is the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past.
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Spark an Ember Ignite a Flame​

Be fearless to set your heart on fire

​Let curiosity strike the match
That your heart will set alight
Let your ideas be the sparks
That your passion will ignite
Let desire fuel the flames
That your drive will keep alive
Let the inferno start to build
Giving the world the beauty of your light
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This spark, this fire is your rastrophiliopustrocity - a spontaneous combustion of creative spark that is followed by action in order to bring it to life.

Words of the Flame

Creativity is a spark that lights the fire of our passion. Without the flames of passion we can’t compose our poetry, our symphony or our paintings. Creative flow needs the spark the ignite the flame so our fire can rage into an artistic inferno in which we flourish. If we don’t exercise our minds and flame the fire with hard work, our passion fades to embers. To keep yours alive you must engage your passion. Keep writing, composing, painting. Don’t give up. If something doesn’t work then don’t let it dull your light. Stop and reframe your idea and then pour your passion back on your flame with the energy of hard work, a fuel so great it is like lighter fluid.
AATISH - Persian for flame or fire

ADUST - burned, scorched

AEIPATHY - and enduring, burning and consuming passion

AFLAME - in flames, on fire, a fire with raging flames

AIDENE - Gaelic for “fiery one.”

ATASHE DEL-AM - Persian for “the fire of my heart,”

BOOL - Korean for fire

CALEO - to be burning hot, warm from being in love

CALESCENT - growing hot, increasing in heat

CHURRASCO - meat burning over an open fire

COMBURO - Latin for burning up with heat

CONFLAGRATE - embers starting to burn or burst into flames

CONFLAGRATION - a raging destructive fire

CORRACHAG-CAGAIL - Scottish for dancing and flickering ember flames

CORUSCATE - to sparkle like a flame

CREPITATE - the crackling sound of the flames in a fire

DILAAB - a strong flame that burns brightly

FAVILLA - Latin for embers, ashes

FAX - Latin for torch, love flame, fire, torment, firebrand

FOUDROYANT a dazzling display, stunning in effect

FYRGEBRAEC - Old English for the distinct crackling sound of the licking flames of a fire

GLEED - a glowing coal on a fire

HEPHAESTUS - the Greek god of fire

HUO - Chinese got for fire

INCALESCENT - growing hotter, more ardent, set ablaze

INCENDIARISM - the action of an arsonist

IGNEOUS - relating to it a characteristic of fire

JETER DE L’HUILE SUR LE FEU - French for “to throw oil on the fire”

JOUER AVEC LE FEU - French for “playing with fire.”

KANJI- Japanese for fire

KINDLE - to start (a fire); cause (a flame, blaze, etc.) to begin burning.

LUMIÈRE - French for light. LUEUR - glow

PAMPHLEKTOS - Greek for “all blazing.”

PEISKOS - the feeling you get from sitting next to the fire and enjoying its warmth on a cold evening

PYROPHORIC - capable of igniting spontaneously in air.

RASTROPHILIOPUSTROCITY - a spontaneous combustion of creative spark that is followed by action in order to bring it to life

SCINTILLATE- to emit sparks

SHARAR - Persian for a spark of a flame

SMOLDER - to burn slowly without flames but with smoke

SPLANG - Scottish for flash, spark and sparkle

URO - Latin for burn, scorch, inflame with desire

USTULATION - the flaming fire of burning lust

Poetry is the thoughts that breathe and the words that burn


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  • Beautifully Obscure Words
    • Tracing the Etymology of a Word
    • Typing the Typeface of Writing Types
    • WORD LIST: Feelings and Emotions >
      • FEATURE: Our Capacity for Love
    • FEATURED WORD LIST COLLECTIONS
    • BEAUTIFUL WORD LISTS
    • WORD LIST: Translating Your World >
      • Index of Untranslatable Words (Alphabetical)
  • WORD LIST: Rolling Log of Beautiful Words
  • WORD LIST: The Languages From Around the World
    • FEATURE: Words of the World >
      • DEFINING LOVE with a French Romance >
        • Fantastic Flair of Everyday French - Nature
  • IT’S ABOUT TIME! Website Housekeeping
    • FULL SITE INDEX - SITEMAP - All the Beautiful Words
    • A SERIES OF BEAUTIFUL WORDS - My Vocabulary Books and Blogs >
      • Download - The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
  • WORD LIST: People, Places and Things
    • To Sleep Perchance to Dream
  • WRITING SYSTEMS