William Blake

Returning to the Fools Gallery, Doug is joined by Tara to discuss one of his favourite people of all time. William Blake was seen as an eccentric loner both during his life and after. However, William considered himself a visionary and a prophet. Woefully ignored during his lifetime, since his death some of his poems and paintings are seen as being among some of the greatest of all time. Blake was certainly inspired, his visions fused into his art, and always with the ambition of reminding mankind of its true place- The Imagination.

Show Notes

• William Blake Society
• Bunhill Fields
• William Blake’s Final Resting Place
• Some of Blake’s Art. As he was prolific, there is no archive of all his existent work.
• The William Blake Archive
• Westminster Abbey
• Blake’s Process – Excellent video
• Catherine Blake – I want to know more about Ms. Blake
• The Ancients – Art Group that appreciated Blake during his lifetime
• Madness & Mysticism in the Poetry of William Blake
• Blake & Swedenborg
• Occult World – William Blake
• Henry Darger
• Lynd Ward
• Hildegard of Bingen
• Heavenly Visions of Hell – Alan Moore on Blake exhibition at the Tate
• Fossil Angels by Alan Moore – The best case for ‘Magic is Art.’ This might be the single most important document I read regarding Magic. It changed everything for me, without a doubt
• Magic and Art video from Ramsey Dukes
• Anarchic Magic Manifesto by Mitch Horowitz – Mitch gets it
• The Complete Illuminated Books
• The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop – Lida designed and made Blake’s new tombstone. Another article
• Kathleen Raine – Blake was everything to Kathleen. We were lucky to have her
• Blake and Tradition Review
• Blake and Tradition
• Blake by Peter Ackroyd
• Jerusalem! by Tobias Churton
• Tobias Churton on William Blake
• William Blake Now by John Higgs – A longer book called ‘William Blake vs. The World’ will be published in 2021
• Angel Passage by Alan Moore – Although I would strongly suggest listening to the dulcet tones of Mr. Moore reading his own work, if you feel you need to read it, a transcript is right here
• Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey – One of the most important books I’ve read. Besides ‘Fossil Angels’ this book also completely changed everything about Magic for me
• Heart of the Original by Steve Aylett – Also one of the most important books I’ve ever read. Hugely inspiring and very unique book. Video
• Lost Knowledge of the Imagination by Gary Lachman – Can’t recommend this book enough
• W. B. Yeats Introduces the Poetical Works of William Blake – Not mentioned in the episode is that Yeats had a huge part to play in bringing to the world Blake’s genius
• Omnibus Documentary on William – Probably the best doc about William up to this point