ENGLISH ROMANTICS


(Quoted from the book:) The English Romantic William Blake, painter, engraver and mystic poet, also imagined the twin souls’ final reunion in God. Blake has many points in common with that other famous mystic, Swedenborg, by whom he was influenced. Their most remarkable common trait is their visionary gift, although, in this aspect, Blake was more precocious than our friend Swedenborg, since his visions seem to date back to his early childhood (he saw some angels perched on a tree while he was strolling around London with his father, who severely admonished him for telling lies!). These visions accompanied him throughout his entire life. They greatly inspired his work, Blanca, as the following anecdote, told by one of his disciples, will attest: this disciple was going through a time of creative crisis and, one day, visiting Blake’s house, he started to complain about it. Blake patiently listened to him, and then he turned to his wife Katherine and said, “The same thing happens to us, does it not, Kate? For weeks on end, the visions abandon us. What do we do then?”. “We get on our knees, and we pray”, she answered.


(Painting: "Jacob's ladder" by William Blake. The existence of the Other World was a verified data for Romantics.)

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