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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.
A Brief Moment in the History of Time:
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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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.
A Brief Moment in the History of Time:
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.
Also available as a Word Guide.
The Sea Legs of a Thalassophile
Words from The Ocean
The lover of the sea is known as a thalassophile. The sea offers some great words that are used in science and literature.
Abendrot - the color of the sky while the sun is setting
Abbysal - pertaining to the floor of the ocean
Abyssopelagic - of or pertaining to the depths of the sea
Aequoreal - a rare and poetic term for the ocean
Aesthete- someone with a deep sensitivity for the beauty of nature
Apricate- to bask in the sun
Benthic - pertaining to the depths of the deep ocean
Briny - of salty water of the sea
Cynefin - a place where a person feels he or she belongs. Where the nature around you is welcoming
Idyllic - extremely happy or peaceful or picturesque. Like the ocean to a thalassophile
Komorebi - the sunlight streaming through the trees
Litoreus - if or belonging to the sea shore; the sandy area where the beach meets the sea
Littoral - the shore of the ocean
Mangata - the reflection of the moon on the water
Marmoris - the shining surface of the ocean
Mistpouffer - the mysterious sound heard from the ocean during foggy weather
Moonbow- a rainbow caused by the reflection and retraction of light from the moon
Moonglade - the track of the moonlight on the water
Moonwake - when the moons’s reflection on the water seems to follow you as you walk
Nubivagant - wondering clouds moving through the air
Offing - the distant part of the sea seen from the shore
Orphic - mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding
Paralian - someone who lives by the sea
Pulchritudinous - breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty like the deep blue ocean
Querencia - a place where ones strength is drawn, home
Serein- the fine, light rain that falls from a clear sky
Spoondrift - a fine spray of sea water
Spume - a white mass of bubbles or froth on the top of a wave
Thalassic - relating to the deep beauty of the sea
Venetus - having the color of the deep blue sea
Venters - what the wind or the tide drives in on the waves of the ocean
Abendrot - the color of the sky while the sun is setting
Abbysal - pertaining to the floor of the ocean
Abyssopelagic - of or pertaining to the depths of the sea
Aequoreal - a rare and poetic term for the ocean
Aesthete- someone with a deep sensitivity for the beauty of nature
Apricate- to bask in the sun
Benthic - pertaining to the depths of the deep ocean
Briny - of salty water of the sea
Cynefin - a place where a person feels he or she belongs. Where the nature around you is welcoming
Idyllic - extremely happy or peaceful or picturesque. Like the ocean to a thalassophile
Komorebi - the sunlight streaming through the trees
Litoreus - if or belonging to the sea shore; the sandy area where the beach meets the sea
Littoral - the shore of the ocean
Mangata - the reflection of the moon on the water
Marmoris - the shining surface of the ocean
Mistpouffer - the mysterious sound heard from the ocean during foggy weather
Moonbow- a rainbow caused by the reflection and retraction of light from the moon
Moonglade - the track of the moonlight on the water
Moonwake - when the moons’s reflection on the water seems to follow you as you walk
Nubivagant - wondering clouds moving through the air
Offing - the distant part of the sea seen from the shore
Orphic - mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding
Paralian - someone who lives by the sea
Pulchritudinous - breathtaking, heartbreaking beauty like the deep blue ocean
Querencia - a place where ones strength is drawn, home
Serein- the fine, light rain that falls from a clear sky
Spoondrift - a fine spray of sea water
Spume - a white mass of bubbles or froth on the top of a wave
Thalassic - relating to the deep beauty of the sea
Venetus - having the color of the deep blue sea
Venters - what the wind or the tide drives in on the waves of the ocean
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