Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.sufi-mystics-of-islam-nicholson-gutenberg-l4637-l5019

batch.motif.sufi-mystics-of-islam-nicholson-gutenberg-l4637-l5019

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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-mystics-of-islam-nicholson-gutenberg-l4637-l5019
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
passage_locator:
  label: CHAPTER VI / THE UNITIVE STATE / BIBLIOGRAPHY / INDEX; lines 4637-5019
  start: '4637'
  end: '5019'
  translation: The Mystics of Islam
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: The passage is an index and end matter for Nicholson's The Mystics of Islam.
    It lists Sufi technical terms, named figures, doctrines, practices, comparative
    references, and page references, followed by a publisher's advertisement for volumes
    in The Quest Series.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage lists index entries for Sufi mystical states and practices, including
    maqāmāt, maʿrifat, murāqabat, samāʿ, tawakkul, fanā-related self-annihilation,
    and the Unitive State.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage lists index entries concerning union with God, divine unity, pantheism,
    and the unitive state.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage lists a number of named religious or legendary figures, including
    Mohammed, Moses, Mary, Noah, Satan, Yūsuf/Joseph, and Zulaykhā.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: obs:4
  text: The passage includes comparative or contextual index entries such as Neoplatonism,
    Nirvāṇa, Vedānta, Plotinus, Plato, St. Paul, Ruysbroeck, Tauler, and The Theology
    of Aristotle.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
- id: obs:5
  text: The passage lists symbolic or doctrinal imagery including the Path, the Great
    Name, the seventy thousand veils, pilgrimage allegory, and mystical symbolism.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
- id: obs:6
  text: The passage ends with a publisher's list for The Quest Series, including titles
    on psychical research, the Holy Grail, Jewish mysticism, Islamic mysticism, Buddhist
    psychology, personality, and Catholic mysticism.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Mohammed, the Prophet
  description: Listed as an index entry with multiple page references and a cross-reference
    to Traditions of the Prophet.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Moses
  description: Listed as an index entry with page references.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Mary
  description: Listed as an index entry with a page reference.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Noah
  description: Listed as an index entry with a page reference.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Satan
  description: Listed as an index entry with a cross-reference to the Devil.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: Prophet
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The index explicitly labels Mohammed as 'the Prophet.'
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:2
  label: Prophetic figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Moses appears among the indexed religious figures and is connected elsewhere
    in the index with prophets as a category.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:3
  label: Devil/adversarial figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: The Satan entry cross-references 'Devil, the.'
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Path
  literal_form: The indexed term 'Path, the'
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:2
  label: Great Name
  literal_form: The indexed term 'Name, the Great'
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:3
  label: Seventy thousand veils
  literal_form: The indexed phrase 'Veils, the seventy thousand'
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:4
  label: Pilgrimage as allegory
  literal_form: The indexed phrase 'Pilgrimage, allegorical interpretation of the'
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Self-annihilation and union with God
  taxonomy_refs:
  - annihilation_union
  basis: The index explicitly groups self-annihilation, fanā, union with God, the
    Unitive State, and divine unity as topics in the work.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This passage is an index rather than an expository or narrative passage;
    it confirms the presence of the topic but does not itself elaborate the motif.
- id: motif:2
  label: Mystical path or quest through stages and states
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mystical_quest
  - initiation
  basis: The index lists Path, stages, states, maqāmāt, the sālik, the tālib, repentance,
    poverty, recollection, meditation, and other elements of Sufi progress.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:9
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage only indexes these terms; it does not narrate a quest sequence.
- id: motif:3
  label: Hidden or veiled divine reality
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The index lists gnosis/maʿrifat, the Great Name, spiritual vision, and the
    doctrine of seventy thousand veils.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:9
  - ev:10
  confidence: low
  cautions: The relationship among these indexed entries is inferential and requires
    consultation of the referenced pages.
- id: motif:4
  label: Allegorical pilgrimage
  taxonomy_refs:
  - mystical_quest
  basis: The index explicitly includes 'Pilgrimage, allegorical interpretation of
    the' along with named pilgrimage locations such as Safā, Marwa, Minā, Muzdalifa,
    and Mecca.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The index confirms the topic but gives no details of the allegory.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entries for mystical terms
  quote_or_summary: Index entries include 'maqāmāt,' 'maʿrifat,' 'murāqabat,' and
    related Sufi technical vocabulary.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entries for practices and states
  quote_or_summary: Index entries include 'samāʿ,' 'tawakkul,' 'wajd,' 'sukr,' 'Stages,
    mystical,' and 'States, mystical.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entries for self-annihilation and union
  quote_or_summary: Index entries include 'Self-annihilation... See fanā' and 'Union
    with God... See Unitive State, the, and fanā.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:4
  type: quote
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entries for divine unity
  quote_or_summary: Index entries include 'Unitive State, the,' 'Unity, the divine,'
    and 'Pantheism.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:5
  type: quote
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entry for Mohammed
  quote_or_summary: The index lists 'Mohammed, the Prophet' with multiple page references
    and a cross-reference to 'Traditions of the Prophet.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; index entries for named figures
  quote_or_summary: The index includes entries for Mary, Moses, Noah, Satan, Yūsuf/Joseph,
    and Zulaykhā.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:7
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; comparative intellectual entries
  quote_or_summary: The index includes entries for Neoplatonism, Nirvāṇa, Vedānta,
    Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Philo, and Pythagoras.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:8
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; Christian and European mystical entries
  quote_or_summary: The index includes St. Paul, Ruysbroeck, Tauler, Henry More, Underhill,
    and Catholic Mysticism in the publisher list.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:9
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; symbolic and path entries
  quote_or_summary: The index includes 'Path, the,' 'Name, the Great,' 'Vision, spiritual,'
    and 'Truth, the.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:10
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; pilgrimage, veils, and symbolism entries
  quote_or_summary: The index includes 'Pilgrimage, allegorical interpretation of
    the,' 'Veils, the seventy thousand,' 'Symbolism, mystical,' and pilgrimage place
    names such as Safā, Marwa, Minā, Muzdalifa, and Mecca.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
- id: ev:11
  type: summary
  locator: lines 4637-5019; The Quest Series publisher list
  quote_or_summary: The end matter advertises The Quest Series, including volumes
    on psychical research, the Holy Grail, Jewish mysticism, Mystics of Islam, Buddhist
    psychology, personality, and Catholic mysticism.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/mystics-of-islam-nicholson.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The passage is index and publisher end matter, not a narrative or doctrinal
    exposition. It supports identification of topics and motifs at the level of indexed
    terms, but detailed symbolic interpretation requires the referenced pages.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-29'
notes: |-
  No comparison claims were recorded because the passage lists possible comparanda but does not itself make a substantive comparative argument.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-mystics-of-islam-nicholson-gutenberg__l4637-l5019
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