Motif
seductive sweetness paired with hidden danger
seductive_sweetness_paired_with_hidden_danger
A motif of the Beauty Paired with Pain and Paradox family, within the sub-family Pleasure, Sweetness, and Hidden Stings. 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 OF QONYA. / PREFACE. / IN THE NAME OF GOD, / THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE VERY-COMPASSIONATE.; lines 6445-6544 confidence: medium
"Each volume was the antithesis of the next; / If one was honey, poison was the other’s text"; the passage then warns not to forsake true scripture.
The closing image contrasts one volume as honey and another as poison in the context of escaping both false doctrines.
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