Motif
continuing life or soul figured as transmitted fire
continuing_life_or_soul_figured_as_transmitted_fire
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER II. / THE IDENTITY OF CONTRARIES. / CHAPTER III. / NOURISHMENT OF THE SOUL.; lines 2016-2134 confidence: medium
"The fuel is consumed, but the fire may be transmitted, and we know not that it comes to an end."
The passage says fuel is consumed but fire may be transmitted and not known to end; the translator's note connects this to the soul's possible immortality.
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