Motif
Ascetic discipline marked on the body
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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.
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sufi
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The Mystics of Islam CONTENTS / THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM / INTRODUCTION / I. CHRISTIANITY; lines 369-412 confidence: high
Christian theory is said to nourish ascetic and quietistic tendencies; Christian anchorites teach wandering Moslem ascetics; woollen dress, vows of silence, litanies, and other practices are traced to Christian origin.
The three groups of men are described by leanness and pallor, and the passage also mentions vows of silence, litanies, and other ascetic practices.
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