batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1135-l1159
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-persian-mystics-rumi-davis-gutenberg-l1135-l1159
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: LOVE'S DESIRE / THE FINDING OF THE BELOVED / GOD ONLY / THE MOON-SOUL AND
THE SEA; lines 1135-1159
start: '1135'
end: '1159'
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 states that only God contemplates God's beauty, describes two
lights becoming indistinguishable, then narrates a moon descending, carrying the
speaker through the sky, dissolving the speaker's bodily self into soul, revealing
the Eternal Theophany, merging the heavens in the moon, hiding the speaker's being
in the sea, and transforming embodied foam-flecks into spirit in the Ocean.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage says that none but God has contemplated the beauty of God.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: An eye and a lamp are described as two individual lights that become indistinguishable
when they come together.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A moon appears in the sky at morning-tide, descends, and gazes on the speaker.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The moon is compared to a falcon that snatches a bird while hunting, and it
snatches the speaker up and courses over the sky.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker looks at himself and sees himself no more.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker's body becomes, by grace, even as soul within the moon.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: While travelling in soul, the speaker sees nothing except the moon until the
secret of the Eternal Theophany is revealed.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The nine spheres of heaven are all merged in the moon.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The vessel of the speaker's being is completely hidden in the sea.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The sea breaks into waves, Wisdom rises again, and a voice is cast abroad.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: At every foam-fleck of the sea, something takes figure and is bodied forth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Every bodily foam-fleck that receives a sign from the sea melts and turns
to spirit in the Ocean.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: God
description: The divine subject whose beauty is contemplated only by God.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Speaker
description: The first-person experiencer who is gazed upon, snatched up by the
moon, loses sight of himself, travels in soul, and has the vessel of his being
hidden in the sea.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Moon
description: A moon that appears, descends, gazes on the speaker, snatches him up,
and contains or absorbs the speaker's transformed body and the nine spheres of
heaven.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sea / Ocean
description: The sea in which the vessel of the speaker's being is hidden; it breaks
into waves and foam, gives signs to bodily foam-flecks, and is also called the
Ocean where they turn to spirit.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Wisdom
description: Wisdom rises when the sea breaks into waves and casts abroad a voice.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: self-contemplating divine
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that only God has contemplated the beauty of God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: mystical experiencer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The speaker undergoes ascent, self-loss, soul travel, and immersion or concealment
in the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: descending and transporting celestial figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The moon descends from the sky, gazes on the speaker, snatches him up, and
carries him over the sky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: transformative cosmic medium
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker's being is hidden in the sea, and bodily foam-flecks receiving
a sign from the sea melt and turn to spirit in the Ocean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: personified revealer or announcer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Wisdom rises from the sea's waves and casts abroad a voice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: two lights
literal_form: eye and lamp as two lights
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: moon
literal_form: moon appearing, descending, transporting, and containing the heavens
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: falcon and bird simile
literal_form: falcon snatching a bird at hunting time
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: nine spheres of heaven
literal_form: nine spheres of heaven merged in the moon
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: vessel of being
literal_form: vessel of the speaker's being hidden in the sea
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: sea / Ocean
literal_form: sea, waves, foam-flecks, Ocean
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: foam-flecks of body
literal_form: foam-flecks where something takes figure and bodied foam melts into
spirit
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: God only and indistinguishable lights
summary: The passage states that only God contemplates God's beauty and describes
an eye and a lamp becoming indistinguishable as two lights joined together.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Moon descends and snatches the speaker
summary: At morning-tide the moon appears, descends, gazes on the speaker, and snatches
the speaker up like a falcon taking a bird, carrying him over the sky.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Self-loss and theophanic revelation in the moon
summary: The speaker no longer sees himself; his body becomes as soul in the moon,
he travels in soul, sees only the moon, receives revelation of the Eternal Theophany,
and the nine spheres merge in the moon.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Being hidden in the sea and bodies changed to spirit
summary: The speaker's being is hidden in the sea; the sea breaks into waves, Wisdom
voices abroad, foam-flecks take form, and bodily foam-flecks that receive a sign
from the sea melt and become spirit in the Ocean.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: mystical self-loss and union
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The passage describes the speaker seeing himself no more, the body becoming
as soul within the moon, and the vessel of being hidden in the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses poetic and mystical imagery; the exact doctrinal scope
of union is not explained within the supplied lines.
- id: motif:2
label: ascent or celestial transport by a heavenly body
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: The moon descends, snatches the speaker up, and courses over the sky with
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not describe a complete itinerary beyond movement over
the sky and subsequent visionary transformation.
- id: motif:3
label: divine beloved or theophanic focus
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: The passage centers on God's beauty, the moon as the only thing seen during
soul travel, and the revelation of the Eternal Theophany.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied lines do not explicitly name the moon as the beloved; the
identification is based on its role as the sole visionary focus.
- id: motif:4
label: spiritual transformation from body to spirit
taxonomy_refs:
- annihilation_union
basis: The body becomes as soul, and bodily foam-flecks receiving a sign from the
sea melt and turn to spirit in the Ocean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the transformation symbolically through moon, sea,
and foam imagery.
- id: motif:5
label: mystical quest through vision and revelation
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: The speaker undergoes a visionary journey involving celestial transport,
soul travel, and revelation of the secret of the Eternal Theophany.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage begins in medias res and does not describe an explicit quest
departure or prior search.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 1135-1139
quote_or_summary: '"None but God has contemplated the beauty of God"; the eye and
the lamp are two lights that become indistinguishable when joined.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1143-1147
quote_or_summary: At morning-tide a moon appears, descends from the sky, gazes on
the speaker, and, like a falcon snatching a bird, snatches the speaker up and
courses over the sky.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1148-1152
quote_or_summary: The speaker sees himself no more; in the moon his body becomes
by grace as soul; travelling in soul, he sees only the moon until the secret of
the Eternal Theophany is revealed, and the nine spheres of heaven merge in the
moon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1153-1155
quote_or_summary: The vessel of the speaker's being is hidden in the sea; the sea
breaks into waves, Wisdom rises again, and casts abroad a voice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1156-1159
quote_or_summary: The sea foams; at every foam-fleck something takes figure and
is bodied forth, and each bodily foam-fleck that receives a sign from the sea
melts and turns to spirit in the Ocean.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-rumi-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is self-contained and public-domain
text is supplied. Motif taxonomy assignment is interpretive, especially for divine_beloved
and mystical_quest. No external comparison claims were made.
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 and metadata; comparison_claims left empty because the passage does not itself make a cross-textual comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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