William Blake was an English poet and visionary artist whose unique work gives us a glimpse into an entirely different world. His art was ignored and neglected, and few people took his work seriously. He was generally seen as a madman.
His vivid imagination, visions and mystical experiences lead him to a spiritual task that was the exploration of his inner self. For Blake, the essence of human existence is imagination.
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📝 Sources
– The Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist. Edited with an introduction by W. Graham Robertson
– Commentaries on The Life and Works of William Blake (Brigid McCauley, Geir Uthaug, Brigid McCauley and Øyvind Olsholt)
– Damon, S. F. (2013). A Blake dictionary: the ideas and symbols of William Blake. UPNE.
– Ryan, M. (2011). Fearful Symmetries: William Blake, Northrop Frye, and Archetypal Criticism. ESC: English Studies in Canada, 37(2), 173-183.
– William Blake vs the World: Why he matters more than ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtLe1H6Jqs
– Satanic Error and the Curse of Single Vision by Jungian psychotherapist Carol Leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkde1F8e1qA
– The Life of Poet William Blake documentary (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAIzERYzcY&list=LL&index
– William Blake Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hQXQ5_zCM&list=LL&index=7
– Divine Images with Prof Jason Whittaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m-aS6HME38&list=LL&index=5
– John Higgs on William Blake VS the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7LrbHuxPt0
– Neville Goddard On William Blake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBNoxVN2QGw&list=LL&index=3
Additional sources:
http://www.blakearchive.org
https://www.williamblake.org/paintings/
https://www.tate.org.uk/
https://artblart.com/tag/william-blake-satan-exulting-over-eve/
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/340852
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/blake-william/
https://hero-magazine.com/article/155528/william-blake-at-tate-britain-five-key-works-explained
https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-view/dreams-and-visions/angel-of-the-revelation/
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/the-divine-comedy-inferno/summary-and-analysis/canto-iii
https://crossref-it.info/textguide/songs-of-innocence-and-experience/13/1451
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⌛ Timestamps
0:00 The Life of William Blake
13:16 The Lyrical Poems of William Blake
15:48 Prophetic Books & Mythology
21:35 1. The Ancient of Days (1794)
22:38 2. Albion Rose (1794 – 1796)
23:37 3. Isaac Newton (1795 – 1805)
24:23 4. Nebuchadnezzar (1795 – 1805)
25:39 5. The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy (1795)
26:31 6. Satan Exulting over Eve (1795)
27:00 7. The Good and Evil Angels (1795 – 1805)
28:13 8. The Angel of Revelation (1803 – 1805)
28:36 9. Los Enters the Door of Death (1804-1820)
29:35 10. The Great Red Dragon Paintings (1805 – 1810)
31:20 11. The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (1819 – 1820)
31:44 12. The Ghost of a Flea (1819 – 1820)
32:58 13. Elisha In The Chamber On The Wall (1820)
33:30 14. The Spectre over Los (1821)
34:38 15. The Inscription over the Gate (1824 – 1827)
36:18 16. Behemoth and Leviathan (1825)
36:41 How Blake’s Art Can Help Us
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"To see a World in a Grain of Sand.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.
And Eternity in an hour."
— William Blake
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So in other words there we're racial profiling him
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His painting of “The Ancient of Days” is my favorite image of God the Father.
Hallucinations…
What's admirable about mental illness?
This was excellent. The images and excerpts of Blake's work were well-selected; the narration cleanly written and voiced; the editing and pace superb. Thank you so much. I took a course in Romantic poetry as an undergraduate, loved the course, but was drawn to Wordsworth and Shelley and Keats; not so much Blake. His poetry hit me differently as an (almost) old man. Some of his visual artwork is fantastic, too. His overall vision was a celebration of the imagination. That is certainly something to celebrate.
Valeu!
I am happy about the artistic work that is shown here.
The quotes at the start make this dude sound so pretentious
really interesting he was inspired by 2 of the ninja turtles
I came across William Blake in the late 1990's i was looking for artist that I resonated with, he and Wassily Kandinsky was two I could relate with.
thanks for sharing.
Metaphysical Mysticism. Can be dangerous without Grace. Blake is a recipient of Grace fortunately.
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Thank you …. this is quite marvellous.
His art is amazing .🦉💜
Multi mídia.wilhan
fantastic video Thank you
That quote about lucid dreaming doesn't really hold water, we do nothing but lie to ourselves in our dreams. Dreaming in essence is an attempt to optimize factors that constitute real life, which often is dissapointing.
He's literally like me
Great content
Unbelievable work, thank you for doing this!
This is almost too much to handle.
I have a black and white picture by William Blake dated 1843
I encourage everyone to take an 8th of shrooms and read the encounter with the self, terrific revelations may arise
Dude what an odd strange voice you have
Hallucinations, probably schizophrenic and this narrator is trying to pretend that these are deep thoughts
Phenomenal artist, thanks for the introduction!:)
No tree can grow to heaven unless the roots have come from hell. The Tao in Words
At this point, I couldn't care less about Carl's interpretation of WB. Or Sigy's for that matter. These doctors thought of themselves as scientists, as well as philosophers yet, were more motivated by wealth and social approval. They wrote up cases to vituperate and deconstruct much as you see in today's communications systems. Blake by all we know was a true believer and a pure thinker a la Whitehead. I understand you need a more contemporary reference to determine some value of Blake's worth, yet these notorious alienists are a difficult reference to support any confidence in understanding. In my eyes, Jung has a tenuous platform for analyzing someone like Blake. He is like an alabaster Siddartha in his ivory tower. It seems from your quotation that he didn't have the good taste to even consider Blake's artistic ideas as immanent personal knowledge/wisdom.
32:00 what is the reference for the tongue flicking being a symbol for blood drinking?
this guy’s paintings are sooooo cool
Ancient of Days has become one of my favorite paintings.