Word Gathering

chrysalis
1 a : a pupa of a butterfly ; broadly : an insect pupa
b : the enclosing case or covering of a pupa
2 : a protecting covering : a sheltered state or stage of being or growth

Mobius strip
a one-sided surface that is constructed from a rectangle by holding one end fixed, rotating the opposite end through 180 degrees, and joining it to the first end

simulacrum
1 : IMAGE, REPRESENTATION
2 : an insubstantial form or semblance of something : TRACE

parturition
: the action or process of giving birth to offspring

benighted
1 : overtaken by darkness or night
2 : existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : UNENLIGHTENED

kismet
fate

gyre
a circular or spiral motion or form; especially : a giant circular oceanic surface current

saturnalia
an unrestrained often licentious celebration : ORGY b : EXCESS, EXTRAVAGANCE

epigram
1 : a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
2 : a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying

epigraph
1: an engraved inscription
2: a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions so suggest its theme