William Blake, his philosophy and symbolsP. Smith, 1958 - 487 pages |
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Page 84
... Tree . ' Under a weeping willow , a woman pulls a child ( as a mandrake ) from the earth , while she holds another . Blake's explanation is : 6 My Eternal Man set in Repose , The Female from his darkness rose ; And She found me beneath a ...
... Tree . ' Under a weeping willow , a woman pulls a child ( as a mandrake ) from the earth , while she holds another . Blake's explanation is : 6 My Eternal Man set in Repose , The Female from his darkness rose ; And She found me beneath a ...
Page 104
... Tree of Life . For the central pillar , Mildness , ' which is not only the very trunk of the Tree , but also the only direct path to the summit , Kether ( the Crown ) , is sexual . Its lowest point is in Malkuth ( the Bride ) ; above ...
... Tree of Life . For the central pillar , Mildness , ' which is not only the very trunk of the Tree , but also the only direct path to the summit , Kether ( the Crown ) , is sexual . Its lowest point is in Malkuth ( the Bride ) ; above ...
Page 285
... tree . THE TYGER . This , the greatest of the poems , has the worst decoration . A sort of Noah's Ark animal stands beneath the text . Blake did not even try to paint him always in the proper colours . THE LITTLE GIRL LOST . The ...
... tree . THE TYGER . This , the greatest of the poems , has the worst decoration . A sort of Noah's Ark animal stands beneath the text . Blake did not even try to paint him always in the proper colours . THE LITTLE GIRL LOST . The ...
Contents
THE GATES OF PARADISE | 5 |
THE NEW SYNTHESIS | 88 |
THE FIFTH WINDOW | 98 |
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Ahania Angel appears become Beulah Bible Blake body Book Book of Los Book of Urizen Bromion Chapter Church clouds Commentary copy Creation Daughters of Albion death decoration 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 woman wrath wrote