Motif
Solar fire of disciplined individual art
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A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family, within the sub-family Cosmic, Celestial, and Solar Fire. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men WITH A PREFACE BY W.B. YEATS / DEDICATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK / AUGUSTA GREGORY. / PREFACE; lines 329-417 confidence: medium
Old writers are said to attribute certain energies to the sun and others to the moon; the moon is linked to communal creation and the sun to disciplined individual kingly mind.
The sun is associated with discipline, joy, and the individual soul turning itself into pure fire that imposes pattern and music.
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