William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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... poet , nor any word that describes what we call poetry . The case is , that the word prophet , to which later times have affixed a new idea , was the Bible word for poet , and the word prophesying meant the art of making poetry . It ...
... poet , nor any word that describes what we call poetry . The case is , that the word prophet , to which later times have affixed a new idea , was the Bible word for poet , and the word prophesying meant the art of making poetry . It ...
Page 372
... Poet and his Inspiration find joy in all these things . Line 239. They recognize Reason as their enemy ; and they think that if they can divide Pleasure from Reason , they can overcome him . Line 247. Christ's Incarnation is the climax ...
... Poet and his Inspiration find joy in all these things . Line 239. They recognize Reason as their enemy ; and they think that if they can divide Pleasure from Reason , they can overcome him . Line 247. Christ's Incarnation is the climax ...
Page 379
... Poet ) , the Spectre of Los ( Poetic Logic ) , Enitharmon ( Inspiration ) , and the Shadow of Enith- armon ( Suppressed Inspiration ) . Yet all these are playing the part of two- Adam and Eve ; and it may be remembered that Adam and Eve ...
... Poet ) , the Spectre of Los ( Poetic Logic ) , Enitharmon ( Inspiration ) , and the Shadow of Enith- armon ( Suppressed Inspiration ) . Yet all these are playing the part of two- Adam and Eve ; and it may be remembered that Adam and Eve ...
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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