batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1215-l1228
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1215-l1228
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: HOW TO OBTAIN UNION WITH THE DIVINE / TRUTH / THE GOD BEHIND THE VEIL / THE
DIVINE SELF-SUFFICIENCY; lines 1215-1228
start: '1215'
end: '1228'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: '"God most glorious can do without the world."'
summary: The passage defines absolute self-sufficiency as a quality of Divine Perfection.
It says all modes, states, aspects, properties, and presentations of the One Real
Being are present in the secret thought of the Divine Being and contained in His
Unity, so that God is independent of all other existences.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Absolute self-sufficiency is described as a quality involved in Divine Perfection.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage says that all modes, states, and aspects of the One Real Being,
with their properties and qualities, are present in the secret thought of the
Divine Being.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says the sum of these modes, states, aspects, properties, and
qualities is contained in the Divine Being's Unity.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: From this point of view, the Divine Being is independent of all other existences.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage cites the saying that God can do without the world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Divine Being / One Real Being / God
description: The divine figure described as possessing absolute self-sufficiency,
containing all modes and aspects in unity, and being independent of other existences.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Self-sufficient divine unity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes absolute self-sufficiency to Divine Perfection and
says all aspects are contained in the Divine Being's Unity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Exposition of Divine self-sufficiency
summary: The passage explains that absolute self-sufficiency belongs to Divine Perfection
because all aspects of the One Real Being are present in the Divine Being and
contained in divine unity, making God independent of the world.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: All things contained in divine unity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that all modes, states, aspects, properties, and qualities
are contained in the Unity of the Divine Being.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a doctrinal or metaphysical formulation rather than a narrative
mythic motif.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine independence from the world
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage states that God is independent of all other existences and cites
the saying that God can do without the world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No explicit narrative action or comparative tradition is present in the
passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1215-1218
quote_or_summary: '"Absolute self-sufficiency is a quality involved in Divine Perfection."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1218-1225
quote_or_summary: Self-sufficiency is defined as all modes, states, aspects, properties,
qualities, and presentations of the One Real Being being present in the secret
thought of the Divine Being and contained in His Unity.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1225-1227
quote_or_summary: '"He is independent of all other existences"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 1227-1228
quote_or_summary: '"God most glorious can do without the world."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labeling is somewhat interpretive
because the passage is theological exposition rather than narrative myth.
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: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No available symbol taxonomy items occur literally in the passage. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a comparison to another text or tradition.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1215-l1228
passage_sha256=0b582277aed898c41908a8e4516f46ae7448bd960fe4fbc68fbf768788c0d642