Critical Operational Terms

transfiguration = supernatural change in appearance of Jesus on the mountain, see Matthew 17:1-9, (image: Raphael, 1516-1520)

sepulchral = of, or pertaining to, burial and/or the tomb

diversity = an old, old wooden ship used during the civil war era

memento mori = Latin: remember that you must die;
an object serving as a reminder of death or mortality