Why this word is great
PYROLATER — [Noun] One who worships fire, venerating its elemental force as sacred. From the combining form pyro- (from Greek πῦρ, "fire") and -later (from Greek -λάτρης, "worshipper"). Unlike a Zoroastrian, whose veneration is a specific theological pillar, or a pyromaniac, who seeks the destructive thrill of ignition, a pyrolater bows to the contradictory element itself. It is the old man feeding cedar to a home altar's perpetual hearth, the pilgrim circling a perennial flame erupting from stone, the child transfixed by the quivering, hungry point of light at a candle's apex—a recognition of the first and final god, who dwells equally in the kitchen stove and the star. We bear witness to the primal conversion of matter into light and heat, yearning for transformation in its fleeting, consuming dance.