William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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Page 225
... shows clearly the spiritual attitude of any character . The symbolism of up- ward and downward is too obvious to ... show no change in the fundamental conception , though there are many improvements in the symbols . The colouring of the ...
... shows clearly the spiritual attitude of any character . The symbolism of up- ward and downward is too obvious to ... show no change in the fundamental conception , though there are many improvements in the symbols . The colouring of the ...
Page 278
... shows the entire process of the tyger's creation . First the ' fire of his eyes ' is gathered from the cosmos ; then the heart is created , the feet forged , and ultimately the brain . This is not unlike the creation of Urizen himself ...
... shows the entire process of the tyger's creation . First the ' fire of his eyes ' is gathered from the cosmos ; then the heart is created , the feet forged , and ultimately the brain . This is not unlike the creation of Urizen himself ...
Page 469
... shows Woman turning her back on despairing Man , to receive the Apple from the jaws of the Serpent . The last design , Experience , shows the corpse of the giant Albion bewailed by the five senses , while in the back- ground rise the ...
... shows Woman turning her back on despairing Man , to receive the Apple from the jaws of the Serpent . The last design , Experience , shows the corpse of the giant Albion bewailed by the five senses , while in the back- ground rise the ...
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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