William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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Page 109
... Americans . In The French Revolution Blake endeavoured to describe history as seen by the visionary ; in America he tried to describe eternity as it is symbolized by history . This book marks a new and final step in Blake's career as a ...
... Americans . In The French Revolution Blake endeavoured to describe history as seen by the visionary ; in America he tried to describe eternity as it is symbolized by history . This book marks a new and final step in Blake's career as a ...
Page 110
... America- Water ; Asia - Air ; and Africa - Fire ) are entirely Blake's , and his book yields something like a meaning ( though perhaps not Maier's ) to any one who is versed in Blake's symbols . 6 But this does not imply that Blake had ...
... America- Water ; Asia - Air ; and Africa - Fire ) are entirely Blake's , and his book yields something like a meaning ( though perhaps not Maier's ) to any one who is versed in Blake's symbols . 6 But this does not imply that Blake had ...
Page 111
... America . Swedenborg had taught him that the historical ' books in the Old Testament were ' sublime allegories ' only ; so he extended Swedenborg's teaching by practising on the theory that history itself was nothing more than symbol ...
... America . Swedenborg had taught him that the historical ' books in the Old Testament were ' sublime allegories ' only ; so he extended Swedenborg's teaching by practising on the theory that history itself was nothing more than symbol ...
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Ahania Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Chapter clouds Commentary copy Creation Daughters of Albion death descends Divine doctrine earth Emanation engraved Enion Enitharmon error Eternity evil Experience eyes Fall false Felpham Female fire flames flesh Four Zoas Gates Hayley Heaven and Hell human illustrations Imagination Inspiration Jakob Böhme Jerusalem Jesus Last Judgment Line Luvah Marriage of Heaven material Milton Moon mystical Nature never Night nude Oothoon Palamabron Paradise passage Passion philosophy Plate poem Poet Poetic poetry Prophetic Rahab Reason religion repeated represents Revolution Rintrah Satan seems Selfhood sense serpent Shadow sleep Songs of Experience Songs of Innocence sons soul Space Spectre spirit stanza stars Swedenborg symbol Tharmas Thel Theotormon things thou thought Tiriel Tree truth Urizen Urthona Vala verse vision William Blake woman wrath wrote