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Page 191
... Rahab ( sexual licence ) and Tirzah ( sexual repression ) , glorying in their heartlessness . The Twelve Sons become Warriors ; as one they torment Jerusalem . Their consort is Vala - Rahab , the goddess of Moral Virtue and Natural ...
... Rahab ( sexual licence ) and Tirzah ( sexual repression ) , glorying in their heartlessness . The Twelve Sons become Warriors ; as one they torment Jerusalem . Their consort is Vala - Rahab , the goddess of Moral Virtue and Natural ...
Page 385
... Rahab . Tirzah is the prude , Rahab is the harlot . One represents the repressed life , the other the abandoned life . As Tirzah ' was the name of the central city in Samaria , we may identify Blake's character with the Woman of Samaria .
... Rahab . Tirzah is the prude , Rahab is the harlot . One represents the repressed life , the other the abandoned life . As Tirzah ' was the name of the central city in Samaria , we may identify Blake's character with the Woman of Samaria .
Page 386
... Rahab and Tirzah ( Licence and Repression ) ; but eventually they appear as Rahab only , because Repression is merely the reverse aspect of Licence . Line 294. Because Man does not live up to the Female Ideal of Repression , the ...
... Rahab and Tirzah ( Licence and Repression ) ; but eventually they appear as Rahab only , because Repression is merely the reverse aspect of Licence . Line 294. Because Man does not live up to the Female Ideal of Repression , the ...
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Ahania America Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Christ Church clouds Commentary copy Creation Daughters of Albion death decoration Divine doctrine earth Emanation Enion Enitharmon error Eternity evil eyes Fall false Felpham Female fire flames flesh Four Zoas Gate Hayley Heaven and Hell human illustration Imagination Inspiration Jakob Böhme Jerusalem Jesus Last Judgment Leutha Line Loins Luvah Marriage of Heaven material Milton Moon mystical Nature never Night nude Oothoon Palamabron Paradise passage Passion philosophy Plate poem Poet Poetic Poetry Proverb Rahab Reason Religion repeated represents Revolution Rintrah Satan Selfhood sense serpent Shadow Songs of Experience Songs of Innocence sons soul Space Spectre spirit stanza stars symbol Tharmas Thel Theotormon things thou thought Tiriel Tree truth Ulro Urizen Urthona Vala verse VIII vision William Blake woman wrath wrote