batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1082-l1104
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1082-l1104
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: THE SEA OF LOVE / THE BEAUTY OF THE BELOVED / THE WATER OF ETERNAL LIFE /
EARTHLY LOVE AND THE LOVE DIVINE; lines 1082-1104
start: '1082'
end: '1104'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jalálu''d-dín Rúmí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage contrasts true or divine Love with attachment to borrowed and
mortal beloveds. It says entry to the Beloved depends on Love, identifies Love
and the Lover as eternal, urges embrace of the Soul, and describes the House of
Love as boundless. The soul is compared to a mirror receiving the Beloved's image,
and Joseph's beauty is invoked through women cutting their hands in his presence.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A spirit that does not wear true Love as a garment is described as shameful
in its being.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Entrance to the Beloved is said to be impossible without the dealing of Love.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Love and the Lover are described as living to all eternity.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The addressee is told not to set the heart on anything else because it is
only borrowed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: A contrast is made between a dead beloved and the Soul, which is described
as embraced by nothing.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Things born in spring are said to die in autumn, while Love's rose-plot does
not depend on early spring.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The House of Love is described as having no bound or end.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The soul is compared to a mirror that has received the Beloved's image in
its heart.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The tip of the Beloved's curl is described as sinking into the speaker's heart
like a comb.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Women cutting their hands in Joseph's presence are cited as a precedent for
overwhelming beauty or presence.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: The speaker calls the soul to come because the Beloved is in the midst.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: true Love
description: Love personified or treated as a necessary garment, dealing, and eternal
reality.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the Beloved
description: The one to whom entrance is sought and whose presence or image is central
to the passage.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the Lover
description: Named together with Love as living to all eternity.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the Soul
description: Described as something to embrace, embraced by nothing, and called
to come to the Beloved.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: spirit without true Love
description: A spirit lacking true Love as a garment, whose being is called shame.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lord of Heaven
description: A figure introduced in the House of Love section and compared to Venus
and the moon.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Joseph
description: Named in connection with women cutting their hands in his presence.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: women in Joseph's presence
description: Women who cut their hands in Joseph's presence.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: necessary condition for approach
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Entrance to the Beloved is denied without Love's dealing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: eternal reality
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Love is said to live to all eternity with the Lover.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: object of spiritual approach and presence
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Beloved is the one entered, imaged in the soul, and present in the midst.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: eternal participant in Love
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Lover is named with Love as living to all eternity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: spiritual addressee or inner self
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Soul is to be embraced and is called to come to the Beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: deficient being without Love
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The spirit without true Love as garment is described as shameful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: heavenly beloved-like figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Lord of Heaven is introduced with beauty comparisons to Venus and the
moon in the House of Love.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: exemplar of overwhelming beauty
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Joseph's presence is associated with women cutting their hands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: witnesses overcome in Joseph's presence
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The women cut their hands in Joseph's presence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: garment of true Love
literal_form: garment
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: dead beloved
literal_form: dead beloved
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: spring and autumn
literal_form: spring and autumn
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Love's rose-plot
literal_form: rose-plot
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: House of Love
literal_form: house with no bound or end
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: Venus and the moon
literal_form: Venus and the moon
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: mirror-soul
literal_form: mirror
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Beloved's image in the heart
literal_form: image in the heart
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:9
label: curl and comb in the heart
literal_form: curl and comb
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:10
label: cut hands in Joseph's presence
literal_form: women cutting their hands
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Instruction to seek eternal Love rather than mortal attachment
summary: The passage says that true Love is necessary, that Love and the Lover are
eternal, and that the addressee should not cling to borrowed or dead beloveds
but embrace the Soul.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Boundless House of Love
summary: The House of Love is described as without bound or end, and the Lord of
Heaven is compared to Venus and the moon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Beloved imaged in the soul and present in the midst
summary: The soul is likened to a mirror that has received the Beloved's image;
the Beloved's curl enters the speaker's heart, and Joseph's story is invoked before
calling the soul to the Beloved's presence.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine beloved
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage repeatedly centers the Beloved as the goal of entrance, the image
received in the soul, and the presence in the midst, while distinguishing this
from mortal or earthly attachment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is mystical lyric rather than narrative myth; the Beloved
is not explicitly defined in doctrinal terms within this excerpt alone.
- id: motif:2
label: mystical quest through love
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The passage presents Love as the necessary means of entrance to the Beloved
and instructs the addressee to turn from borrowed attachments toward the Soul
and Beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: No extended journey sequence appears; the quest structure is implied by
approach and entrance language.
- id: motif:3
label: annihilation or union in divine love
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage emphasizes eternal Love and Lover, the soul receiving the Beloved's
image in the heart, and the Beloved's curl entering the heart.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt does not explicitly describe annihilation; union is suggested
through imagery of inward reception and intimacy.
- id: motif:4
label: transience of earthly love versus eternal love
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The passage contrasts borrowed attachments, a dead beloved, and things born
in spring dying in autumn with eternal Love and Love's rose-plot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a direct 'transience versus eternity'
motif; seasonal and death imagery are present but not developed as a full cycle
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1082-1085
quote_or_summary: The section titled 'EARTHLY LOVE AND THE LOVE DIVINE' says a spirit
not wearing true Love as a garment would be better not to have been, since its
being is shame.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1086-1087
quote_or_summary: '"Without the dealing of Love there is no entrance to the Beloved."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1088-1094
quote_or_summary: Love and the Lover are said to live eternally; the addressee is
warned not to set the heart on borrowed things, to stop embracing a dead beloved,
to embrace the Soul, and to note that spring-born things die in autumn while Love's
rose-plot is not dependent on early spring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1096-1099
quote_or_summary: In 'THE HOUSE OF LOVE,' the Lord of Heaven is compared to Venus
and the moon, and the House of Love is described as without bound or end.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1100-1102
quote_or_summary: The soul is compared to a mirror receiving the Beloved's image
in its heart, and the Beloved's curl is described as sinking into the speaker's
heart like a comb.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1103-1104
quote_or_summary: The passage recalls women cutting their hands in Joseph's presence
and then calls the soul to come because the Beloved is in the midst.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal imagery and roles are clear, but motif labels require caution because
the passage is a short mystical lyric excerpt rather than a narrative myth passage.
No comparison claims were made beyond candidate motif classification.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage, metadata, and available taxonomy references. No symbol taxonomy refs were assigned because none of the provided symbol taxonomy terms occur literally in the excerpt.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg__l1082-l1104
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