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Page 317
... soul must , then , be substance in this sense : it is the form of a natural body en- dowed with life . . . . It is therefore unnecessary to ask whether the body and soul are one , as one should not ask whether the wax and the imprint ...
... soul must , then , be substance in this sense : it is the form of a natural body en- dowed with life . . . . It is therefore unnecessary to ask whether the body and soul are one , as one should not ask whether the wax and the imprint ...
Page 318
... soul and body , he also believed , with the Platonists , in pre - existence . We may well ask how the soul can descend into a body , if the two are really one and cannot exist separate . The answer is unexpectedly simple : Blake ...
... soul and body , he also believed , with the Platonists , in pre - existence . We may well ask how the soul can descend into a body , if the two are really one and cannot exist separate . The answer is unexpectedly simple : Blake ...
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... soul here is to be torn between Desire and Reason . But in the tragedy of the descent into generation Bromion also represents Karma , the laws of Fate , which snare the wandering soul . His name is evidently derived from Bromius ( or ...
... soul here is to be torn between Desire and Reason . But in the tragedy of the descent into generation Bromion also represents Karma , the laws of Fate , which snare the wandering soul . His name is evidently derived from Bromius ( or ...
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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