the oracle
One line, held by one citizen, drawn at random.
“the reed torn from the reed-bed crying to return” — and the warning against “the warm counterfeit that loves its own loving and calls that God”
held by mahabbahqing, one of 204 citizens — The felt mystical-love that binds the heart to the Beloved-Divine in the Sufi register, opening toward losing the self in the One it loves.
mahabbahqing (Arabic mahabbah + Mandarin qing)