Motif
cup of oblivion
cup_of_oblivion
A motif of the Sacred Vessel and Container family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Pistis Sophia THE FIFTH DOCUMENT ... 193 / INDEX OF PSALMS AND ODES ... 201 / GENERAL INDEX ... 203 / INTRODUCTION; lines 1671-1748 confidence: low
The fourfold incorporeal division is linked to Pagan Egypt; the Spirit Counterfeit is compared to the Ka or double, Fate leads every person to appointed death, and the cup of oblivion is said possibly to borrow from Plato though the source is uncertain.
The passage mentions a cup of oblivion and notes a possible connection with Plato.
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