Motif
cosmic shaping by caster and vessel
cosmic_shaping_by_caster_and_vessel
A motif of the Flood, Fire, and Cosmic Renewal family, within the sub-family Cosmic Ordering through Music and Vessel-Shaping. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER V. / THE EVIDENCE OF VIRTUE COMPLETE. / CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME.; lines 3417-3571 confidence: medium
Tzŭ Lai gives the analogy of boiling metal demanding to become a sword, then says the universe is the smelting-pot and God the caster, and that he will go wherever sent.
Tzŭ Lai compares the universe to a smelting-pot and God to a caster who determines form.
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