The Vision of William Blake - ACE006.4

The First Book of Urizen: torments are lifegiving – the pangs of being born again. Frontispiece and pages of Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion (1820). "Now I a fourfold vision see…" (concluding lines from With Happiness Stretchd Across the Hills (c.1801)) read over. Illustrations from The First Book of Urizen. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (As a new heaven is begun) (c.1790). Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (Every ornament of perfection…). Marriage of Heaven and Hell frontispiece. Milton a Poem (Albion on the rock) (1804). Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (Such visions have appeared to me, and other pages). "To bathe in the waters of Life, to wash off the Not Human…" (from Reason and Imagination in Milton, a Poem, 1804-1809) read over. Illustrations from Milton, a Poem (To Annihilate the Self-hood of Deceit). The selfhood of man is destroyed. All Human Forms Identified... from Jerusalem a Prophecy. Illustration from The First Book of Urizen. Jerusalem ("And did those feet…") read over Silent as Despairing Love from America, a Prophecy. To survey the world that is fresh and renewed. Europe a Prophecy (Enitharmon slept, aka Mildew Blighting Ears of Corn). The Morning Comes… from America, a Prophecy. Glad Day or The Dance of Albion (c.1794). Illustrations including Satan in his Original Glory: "Thou wast Perfect till Iniquity was Found in Thee" (c.1805). "Little Lamb who made thee…" read over pages from Songs of Innocence. Frontispiece to Songs of Experience and plate from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (c.1802-1808). Detail from Pity (c.1795). The Virgin and Child in Egypt (1810). Jesus said "Would’st thou love one who never died for thee…" The Soldiers Casting Lots for Christ's Garments (1800). The Crucifixion: "Behold Thy Mother" (c.1805). Michael Foretelling the Crucifixion to Adam (Paradise Lost, 1808). More crucifixion images including Albion before Christ crucified on the Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil from Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion. Glad Day. "Many figures, chained and bound together, in various attitudes of despair and horror…" read over Last Judgement. "I have been very near the gates of death and have returned very weak, an old man…" read over Resurrection of a Pious Soul. Credits with The Shepherd ("How Sweet is the Shepherd’s sweet lot…", Songs of Innocence and of Experience) sung over.