Motif
Calling back the soul from a dark region
calling_back_the_soul_from_a_dark_region
A motif of the Soul Loss and Restoration family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
confucian
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The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) Part IV. / Part V. / BOOK Il. THE THAN KUNG. / SECT. I. PT. II, THE THAN KUNG. IAI; lines 7142-7276 confidence: high
Calling the soul back is described as love’s consummation and as prayer-like; looking for it to return from the dark region is seeking it among spiritual beings, and the face is turned north because of the idea that it is in the dark region.
The passage describes calling the soul back, seeking its return from the dark region among spiritual beings, and turning the face north because of that imagined location.
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