Motif
distant perception of a disciple’s death
distant_perception_of_a_disciple_s_death
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Hidden, Distant, and Unveiled Sight. 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 Mesnevi THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2300-2425 confidence: high
At the other town, the Sultan is strangled with a bowstring and invokes Jelāl; at that moment Jelāl, in a musical service, puts his forefingers in his ears, orders trumpets and chorus, shouts, and recites an ode including the image “I’m the Fount of Life.”
At the moment of the Sultan’s strangling and invocation of Jelāl, Jelāl reacts during a distant musical service and later announces the Sultan’s death and call.
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