William Blake

William Blake

“It is not very sensible to compare Mr. Gibran with Blake, because Blake was a genius whose every act was wrought from the white heat of passion.”—The Tank

“The name William Blake was added to the list by Patriarch Hymenaeus Beta in the Fall of 1997 e.v., based on Crowley's essay 'William Blake,' published in Oriflamme 2, Ordo Templi Orientis, 1998 e.v.”—Tau Apiryon and Helena, Red Flame No. 2 – Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism, Berkeley, CA, 1995

“Every thing that lives is holy, life delights in life;
Because the soul of sweet delight can never be defil’d.
Fires inwrap the earthly globe, yet man is not consumd;
Amidst the lustful fires he walks: his feet become like brass,
His knees and thighs like silver, & his breast and head like gold.”—William Blake, America: A Prophecy

• Greater Feast of William Blake, died August 12, 1827 at Westminster, United Kingdom

William Blake appears in no version of Liber XV, published during Aleister Crowley's lifetime. William Blake was added by Hymenaeus Beta in 1997 and is therefore a name celebrated optionally and only at performances when the full Saints Collect is read.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
• http://www.blakearchive.org
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Blake
• https://www.bl.uk/people/william-blake
• https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-blake-39
• Tau Apiryon and Helena, Red Flame No. 2 – Mystery of Mystery: A Primer of Thelemic Ecclesiastical Gnosticism, Berkeley, CA, 1995
• Aleister Crowley, “William Blake,” in The Revival of Magick and Other Essays: Oriflamme 2, Ordo Templi Orientis, New Falcon, Publications, Tempe, Arizona 1998
• https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190910-william-blake-the-visionary-relevant-200-years-on
• Timothy Morton, Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology 0231214715 see also https://blakesociety.org/product/timothy-morton/
• https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/feb/19/william-blake-universe-fizwilliam-museum-cambridge
• https://blakesociety.org/product/fragments-of-experience/
• https://www.nga.gov/artworks/11525-last-judgment The Last Judgment, c. 1809, William Blake (Artist, British, 1757 - 1827), National Gallery of Art 1943.3.9017. Public Domain.