Sentences with phrase «as pyre»

Not exact matches

A Jewish man throws votive candles into a burning pyre as another blows a shofar at the grave of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzera, known as the sage Baba Sali, on January 15, 2013 in the southern Israeli town of Netivot, Israel.

Stoicism offers an obvious example: a vision of the universe as a fated, eternally repeated divine and cosmic history, a world in which finite forms must constantly perish simply in order to make room for others, and which in its entirety is always consumed in a final ecpyrosis (which makes a sacrificial pyre, so to speak, of the whole universe).

Invoking the fire as witness of her innocence, she rushes into the flames, but Agni the fire - god arises out of the burning pyre and rescuing Sita, gives her to Rama.

Well, that's because the Supreme Court doesn't much like it, determining more than 100 years ago that polygamy was «an offence against society» (Reynolds v. U.S.) and compared it to «murders sanctified by religious belief, such as human sacrifice or the burning of women on their husbands» funeral pyres,» or so writes lawyer and social critic Wendy Kaminer.

Photo credit: DRIChakrabarty and colleagues found to their surprise that funeral pyre emissions contain sunlight - absorbing organic carbon aerosols known as brown carbon.

Past studies done with pig carcasses and human corpses revealed that when a body is burned on a pyre, the fat serves as fuel, but it doesn't provide enough heat to burn up all of the organic matter, Torero says.

Pyre teaches you to fight tirelessly for your freedom, but to question the definition of that freedom as well.

Even the somewhat cartoony games such as Super Mario Odyssey, Pyre, and Cuphead bring with them a strong artistic style that makes the screen pop and truly helps define the game as a work of art.

Dr. Timothy Leary's invitation to turn on, tune in, and drop out never came laced with more barbed spines than when a fireside bacchanal turns into a dog's - blood drinking contest, complete with hallucinations of Charlie - as - Christ sprouting horns as he's tossed onto the pyre.

Thankfully, she shared a photo from behind the scenes that shows the scene she would have been part of, and it features her dressed as Joan of Arc, tied to a funeral pyre.

But throughout his long career, Ravitch maintains, Dewey routinely disparaged traditional subject - centered education and often stoked the rhetorical pyres built for such defenders of liberal education as William Chandler Bagley and Robert Maynard Hutchins.

It might as well be a pyre blazing on top of my head, shouting to the world that he's in me.

At the start of a Rite, each pyre will have 100HP (while it's not identified as HP in the actual game, that's what it is) unless any of the exiles have a skill or piece of equipment which affords their team more or the other team less points at the outset.

Pyre is out now for digital release on PlayStation 4 and PC for Windows, and you better believe I'll be all over it as soon as I can get my hands on it.

Pyre from Supergiant Games was another I have been watching, as well.

I also loved Pyre's soundtrack, which isn't a surprise as I'm a huge fan of Darren Korb's work on Bastion and Transistor.

Like the phoenix from the ashes of its own pyre, Sierra, the classic game company best known for titles such as King's Quest, has been reborn as a label of Activision Blizzard.

Pyre met with some of the highest critical acclaim of any of our games at launch, and more recently, we've felt honored and humbled to see it earn its way into various Game of the Year discussions, such as these:

This was an important year for us, as we launched our third game, Pyre, after three years of development.

Hardcore Gamer — 80/100 Pyre represents another solid effort from Supergiant, as the awe - inspiring world, both in terms of design and depth, coupled with a lovable cast of heroes and villains, continue the studio's renowned streak for titles with big heart and unique gameplay.

Games as art is always an interesting topic of conversation, and I hope when you have this chat, Pyre will be first on your list.»

In a year where we have been spoilt with quality indie titles including Rime, Pyre and Little Nightmares, I just can't hold Unravel in quite as high statue as those games.

What Remains of Edith Finch, Night in the Woods, Pyre, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 are among the D.I.C.E. Award finalists as well.

Furthermore, we have games merging sports mechanics with RPG progression and storytelling, as we saw just recently in Pyre and Golf Story.

As Supergiant clearly went for original aesthetics instead of super demanding modern graphics, Pyre's requirements aren't too high

The work of Supergiant Games also stands tall as an example, especially in this year's Pyre.

The gameplay of Pyre is pretty straightforward and not as intricate as its story.

I'm eyeing Pyre and Nex Machina as front - runners, but I might dive into more PUBG and maybe check out Doki Doki Literature Club and Echo.

He plays with fire — metaphorically and sometimes literally — as when he burned $ 171 on Wall Street and encouraged those with money to burn to add theirs to the pyre.

After trying many pumpkin spice syrup recipes circulating on the internet I have developed my own, which is loaded with homemade pumpkin pyre, and a right balance of spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, clove and allspice.