Why this word is great
PALINGENESIA — [Noun] The philosophical or theological concept of rebirth, regeneration, or the commencement of a new cycle of existence. Learned borrowing from Late Latin *palingenesia* ("rebirth; regeneration"), from Koine Greek παλιγγενεσία (*palingenesía*, "rebirth"), from Ancient Greek πάλιν (*pálin*, "again, anew") + γένεσις (*génesis*, "creation, birth, origin"). Unlike "metempsychosis," which traces a soul's specific itinerary through bodies, or "renaissance," which heralds a historical revival of arts and learning, palingenesia denotes the grand, cyclical principle of cosmic renewal itself. It is the forest rising, phoenix-like, from its own ashes; the tectonic grind that lifts an ancient seabed into mountains; the hard winter seed cracking to admit a green it had forgotten. All matter holds the memory of being something else, and aches to begin the story over.