William Blake, His Philosophy and SymbolsPeter Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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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 321
... soul in the immensity of its intelligence is greater and more excellent than the whole world . The Ocean is but the drop of a bucket to it , the Heavens but a centre , the Sun obscurity , and all Ages but as one day ' ( Centuries , II ...
... soul in the immensity of its intelligence is greater and more excellent than the whole world . The Ocean is but the drop of a bucket to it , the Heavens but a centre , the Sun obscurity , and all Ages but as one day ' ( Centuries , II ...
Page 329
... 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 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