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The Book of Urizen: A Facsimile in Full Color (Paperback)

by William Blake (Author)

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Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications; New edition edition (Jul 9 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486298019
ISBN-13: 978-0486298016
Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 13.5 x 0.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 96 g

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One of Blake's most interesting and powerful creations — a parody of the book of Genesis in which the righteous figure of God is replaced by that of Urizen, the "dark power." Included are 27 hand-colored plates rich in energy and monumental grandeur, along with a printed transcription of the poem.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blake's universal origins similar to those of Gnostics, Oct 13 1999

By	Robert Malesko (maleskor@hotmail.com) (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

Anyone else notice the parallels between Blake's illuminated text and the universal origins described in the recently uncovered scrolls contained in the Nag Hammadi Library, the ones that are the oldest origional records of the words of Jesus Christ in the Secret Book of James? From the ignorant splitting from the undescribable origional of the lesser and jealous "God" (arguably the Old Testament's Jehova) to the metaphor of the chain, it seems as if they could be mirror images. The interesting part is that the Nag Hammadi library was discovered in 1947- the same year the Dead Sea Scrolls were found-- and has been dated back to approximately 50 AD. Almost all other Gnostic writings had long been destroyed by the early Church. Read into this what you may, but Blake most probably never read this particular text. Personally, I take this as proof of at least authenticity, and moreover that Blake was in greater alignment, more like Christ, if you will, than most humans so far. I bet he could make a killer salad.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible depiction of the rise of the human body, May 6 1999

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Blake's "The [First] Book of Urizen" is an incredible poetical and visual depiction of the rise of the flesh and the implications of being bound to our bodies. Particulalry interesting because the book manages to depict an occurance that, according to Blake himself, is impossible to describe. The use of the metaphorical tool of a mythology by the book comes as close as one could expect from a peice of writing to achieving this depiction (the rest, appropriately enough, is up to our imagination). It is this undertaking of what seems to be an impossible task (that of attempting to represent the metaphysical through the physical) that shows this poem's bravery.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reproduction of color plates and text, Jun 23 1998

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A small book but of good value. Very useful to see the full color plates that Blake had designed along with the text. The combination of the two increased my enjoyment of the work. The poetry is a bit obtuse and requires multiple readings to really extract what Blake was saying.

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