William Blake: His Philosophy and Symbols |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 70
Page 75
... Gates . Through the Southern Gate the souls descend from Eternity ; through the Northern Gate they reascend after death . So Blake borrowed these Gates : knowing that when his source was dis- covered , the meaning of his poem should ...
... Gates . Through the Southern Gate the souls descend from Eternity ; through the Northern Gate they reascend after death . So Blake borrowed these Gates : knowing that when his source was dis- covered , the meaning of his poem should ...
Page 83
... Gates of Paradise was Blake's first attempt to outline in this way the spiritual life of man . It belongs to the stage of ... gate to happiness . This is against the desire of Satan , the Accuser . Jehovah wrote the stone table of law ...
... Gates of Paradise was Blake's first attempt to outline in this way the spiritual life of man . It belongs to the stage of ... gate to happiness . This is against the desire of Satan , the Accuser . Jehovah wrote the stone table of law ...
Page 312
... Gate . This gate is the Gate of Ivory , by which Aeneas also returns to the upper world ( Aeneis , vI . ) . We should then expect Thel to descend to earth through the Southern Gate ; but she does not . The reason for this is only to be ...
... Gate . This gate is the Gate of Ivory , by which Aeneas also returns to the upper world ( Aeneis , vI . ) . We should then expect Thel to descend to earth through the Southern Gate ; but she does not . The reason for this is only to be ...
Contents
THE INEFFABLE SECRET | 1 |
THE TEMPORAL BLAKE III | 13 |
IMPERISHABLE SKETCHES | 25 |
53 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ahania Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Christ Church clouds Commentary copy Daughters of Albion death decoration Divine doctrine earth Emanation engraved 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