![]() ![]() In the Judaic tradition, the heart has always been central, and the Hebrew word for heart, lev, refers to wisdom, emotion, and the right attitude. In other words, there is a vision of an interior place possible to reach though spiritual and physical disciplines “where each of us can meet the ineffable source of being” (44). There is less focus on gods and goddesses and “more on the God to be discovered within the depths of one’s being, as well as the necessary disciplines to approach it” (43-44). The heart was weighed, the result giving access to eternal life with the gods or to the heart being eaten by a monster.Ĭomposed between 600 and 300 BC, the Upanishads “mark a dramatic breakthrough in human consciousness,” writes Godwin, because this is “where the enlightened individual self as container of the cosmic consciousness-God at home in you-begins to play a noticeable role” (43). A deceased person’s heart was examined, then and there, through a “negative” confession of everything he or she had not done. The first stop is ancient Egypt, where the heart played a central role in after-death ceremonies. Central questions will be: “What have we gained since the cave artist painted a red heart on an elephant? What have we lost since the Industrial Revolution?” (19).ĭeparting from ancient art and myth, such as a mural painting of a mammoth with a heart painted in a Spanish cave about 10000 BC and The Epic of Gilgamesh, Heart embarks on a tour of the human heart and its meanings in different cultures throughout history, exploring the literal, medical, and metaphoric aspects of the heart as both life-sustaining center in our physical bodies and metaphoric site of our emotions. In Heart, Godwin’s first nonfiction book, we enter “the heartscape through recorded time” in order to make reflective stops along the routes of history, philosophy, and literature-and perhaps be able to “pinpoint by comparison our present heart location” (19). She decided to take on the challenge and delve into images and understandings of the heart through time and space, from literary, spiritual, and historical perspectives, while also pumping fresh life-blood into worn and pallid metaphors. Godwin’s consciousness was soon flooded with images of the heart from art, myth, and literature along with a multitude of metaphoric heart-phrases so ingrained in our language as to have become “dead” metaphors. She had been thinking about a new novel regarding “a woman’s journey into a heart of darkness where she would have to confront her shadow” when, with surprising synchronicity, her agent called with a proposal for a nonfictional book about the heart (8). Fruit to see how beastly Touch of Malice was in Destiny 2 content when paired with the pre-nerfed Loreley Splendor helm.Gail Godwin’s Heart: A Natural History of the Heart-Filled Life stems from a moment in time when Godwin had just re-read Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Bungie balances things with what’s meta, (Looking at you, Divinity.) so there has to be something more to this than just Loreley Splendor being too strong.Ĭheck out this video from YouTuber Mr. It could be because of its perfect synergy with the Touch of Malice Exotic Scout Rifle. Its effectiveness in higher-level content, however, has taken a major blow.īuild crafters will have to make a few changes in order to get back to the same level post-nerf.Īs to why the Loreley Splendor needed to be nerfed? It just heals over a span of 8 seconds now.įrom what I’ve gathered, it seems ok still in mid-level content. Additionally, it no longer heals over 15 seconds. It no longer heals for x2 when critically injured. The Loreley Splendor nerf involves reducing the effectiveness of its buff, Restoration. When you are critically wounded with full class ability energy or when you cast a Barricade, create a Sunspot at your location that has improved restoration effects. Sure, there were ways of becoming a tank even before the helm was added but I would argue that none of those builds made it look so easy.Īnd that’s because of the helm’s Exotic Perk – Cauterizing Flame. Introduced back in season 16, the Loreley Splendor Helm provided a level of survivability for Titan guardians. Bungie Help SeptemDestiny 2 Loreley Splendor Helm What does it do? ![]() ![]() This change will be reflected in the latest patch notes article shortly. UPDATE: Hotfix 6.2.0.3 includes a recent change to the Loreley Splendor Helm Titan Exotic, reducing sunspot health restoration to X1. ![]()
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