batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l928-l945
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l928-l945
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: LOVE'S EARTHLY WAY / REASON / THE MOON OF LOVE / MORTAL PARAMOUR; lines 928-945
start: '928'
end: '945'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: O cleanse thy bosom of material form, / And turn the mirror of the soul to
spirit
summary: The passage addresses a human hearer whose heart was marked with wisdom
by the Almighty. It urges cleansing away material form, orienting the soul toward
spirit and intellectual truth, veiling the eyes from a mortal paramour, and avoiding
lust, which can cast the hearer's exalted degree from heaven to dust.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An Almighty hand is said to have mixed the addressee's dust and inscribed
wisdom on the addressee's heart.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The addressee is instructed to cleanse the bosom of material form and turn
the mirror of the soul toward spirit.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The desired condition is possession by spirit and crowning in the light of
intellectual truth.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The addressee is told to veil the eyes from a mortal paramour and not follow
her step.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The mortal paramour is described as vice, reproach, and pollution at the hem
of her garment.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The addressee is warned not to madden the eyes, waste bodily strength, taint
the soul, or set body and soul in strife for such pollution.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The addressee's original degree is called supreme, with a star at the top
of heaven, but lust is said to fling it down to dust.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Almighty hand
description: A divine agency that mixes the addressee's dust and inscribes wisdom
on the heart.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: addressed human seeker
description: The second-person addressee whose dust, heart, bosom, soul, body, eyes,
degree, and star are discussed.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: mortal paramour
description: A female mortal beloved or object of desire whom the addressee is told
not to follow.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: lust
description: A force or condition that can fling the addressee's exalted star down
to dust.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine creator and wisdom-inscriber
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Almighty hand mixes dust and inscribes wisdom on the heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: admonished spiritual subject
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The addressee is repeatedly instructed to cleanse, turn, veil the eyes, and
avoid soul-body strife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: mortal temptation
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The paramour is presented as someone not to follow and is described as vice,
reproach, and pollution.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: degrading passion
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Lust is said to cast the addressee's heavenly star down to dust.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dust
literal_form: dust mixed by the Almighty hand; dust to which the star may be flung
down
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: heart marked with wisdom
literal_form: the character of wisdom inscribed on the heart
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: mirror of the soul
literal_form: mirror of the soul turned to spirit
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: light of intellectual truth
literal_form: light in which the addressee is to be crowned
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: veiled eyes
literal_form: eyes veiled from a mortal paramour
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: polluted garment-hem
literal_form: the mortal paramour's garment-hem described as pollution
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: body and soul in strife
literal_form: body and soul set in strife
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: star at the top of heaven
literal_form: the addressee's star upon the top of heaven, vulnerable to being cast
down
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: spiritual admonition against mortal passion
summary: A speaker reminds the addressee of divine formation and inward wisdom,
commands purification and orientation toward spirit, warns against the mortal
paramour, and states that lust can drag an exalted heavenly state down to dust.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: inward wisdom implanted by divine agency
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage states that the Almighty hand inscribed the character of wisdom
on the heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a devotional and admonitory image rather than a narrative
episode of gaining wisdom.
- id: motif:2
label: spirit versus material form and lust
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The passage contrasts material form, body, mortal paramour, and lust with
soul, spirit, wisdom, and intellectual truth, and warns against body-soul strife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The duality is ethical and mystical in tone; no cosmological dualist system
is described.
- id: motif:3
label: spiritual purification and inward quest
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The addressee is urged to cleanse the bosom, turn the soul toward spirit,
and avoid mortal passion in order to remain aligned with intellectual truth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is exhortation rather than a full quest narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 930-931
quote_or_summary: '"The Almighty hand that mix''d thy dust inscribed / The character
of wisdom on thy heart"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; quotation permitted.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 932-936
quote_or_summary: '"cleanse thy bosom of material form" and turn "the mirror of
the soul to spirit" until crowned in "the light of intellectual truth."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; quotation permitted.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 937-940
quote_or_summary: The addressee is told to veil the eyes from the mortal paramour;
she is called "a vice and a reproach" and her garment-hem "pollution."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; quotation permitted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 941-943
quote_or_summary: The speaker warns not to madden the eyes, waste bodily strength,
taint the soul, or set body and soul in strife for the paramour's pollution.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 944-945
quote_or_summary: The addressee's degree is supreme and the star is at heaven's
top, but lust "Will fling it down even unto the dust."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; quotation permitted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The literal imagery and admonitory sequence are clear. Motif-family assignments
are limited to the provided taxonomy and should be reviewed for fit with Sufi
doctrinal context.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare this material to another tradition or motif family beyond the candidate taxonomy mapping.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l928-l945
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