Motif
alchemical transformation through the grape
alchemical_transformation_through_the_grape
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Alchemical, Saintly, and Posthumous Substance Transformations. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam XLIII. / XLIV. / XLVIII. / LVIII.; lines 3456-3549 confidence: high
The grape is said to confute the Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects with absolute logic and to act as a sovereign alchemist turning life’s lead into gold.
The grape is called a sovereign alchemist that transforms life’s leaden metal into gold, and the source note calls wine an alchemist that banishes calamities after one draught.
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