Motif
ascetic as serpent
ascetic_as_serpent
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. 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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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL / LONDON / WILLIAM HEINEMANN / INTRODUCTION; lines 922-1009 confidence: medium
The passage contrasts Jami's and Von Hammer's judgments of Hafiz and quotes Hafiz: “The ascetic is the serpent of the age!”
Hafiz is quoted as crying that the ascetic is the serpent of the age.
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