William Blake is revered as an artist and poet whose work expressed an authentically spiritual vision. This book investigates the radical psychosexual practices and the erotic and visionary experiments that fueled much of Blake's creative life. It shows that Blake was influenced by kabbalistic and tantric rituals designed to transcend the bonds of social convention.
William Blake is revered as an artist and poet whose work expressed an authentically spiritual vision. This book investigates the radical psychosexual practices and the erotic and visionary experiments that fueled much of Blake's creative life. It shows that Blake was influenced by kabbalistic and tantric rituals designed to transcend the bonds of social convention.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Marsha Keith Schuchard received a Ph.D. in British literature for her explorations into the esoteric-erotic underground traditions of 17th- to 20th-century secret societies and their influence on British and Irish poets and artists. She is the author of Restoring the Temple of Vision and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Why Mrs. Blake Cried--William Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision Part One 1 Religion of the Heart 2 The Mystical Marriage 3 Sex, Wounds, and Blood 4 The Mirth of the Justified-Sinner Community 5 Swedenborg and Kabbalistic Science 6 Erotic Dreams and Ecstatic Visions 7 Sacramental Sexuality 8 Judaized Yoga 9 Phallic Feet and Tantric Toes Part Two 10 Moravian Deaths and Blake Beginnings 11 School of Art and Eros 12 Apprentice in Art and Romance 13 The Celestial Bed 14 The Temple of Hymen 15 Merry Making and Edifying Discourses 16 Animal Magnetism and the Furor Uterinus 17 The Men of Desire 18 Perpetual Virile Potency 19 The Frozen Marriage Bed 20 The Visionary Vulva 21 Priapic Prayer and Randy Antiquarians 22 Kabbalistic Cherubim and Yogic Yonis 23 Thunder of Thought & Flames of Fierce Desire Epilogue Appendix: Moravian Archive Letters of Petition Notes Works Cited Index
Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Why Mrs. Blake Cried--William Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision Part One 1 Religion of the Heart 2 The Mystical Marriage 3 Sex, Wounds, and Blood 4 The Mirth of the Justified-Sinner Community 5 Swedenborg and Kabbalistic Science 6 Erotic Dreams and Ecstatic Visions 7 Sacramental Sexuality 8 Judaized Yoga 9 Phallic Feet and Tantric Toes Part Two 10 Moravian Deaths and Blake Beginnings 11 School of Art and Eros 12 Apprentice in Art and Romance 13 The Celestial Bed 14 The Temple of Hymen 15 Merry Making and Edifying Discourses 16 Animal Magnetism and the Furor Uterinus 17 The Men of Desire 18 Perpetual Virile Potency 19 The Frozen Marriage Bed 20 The Visionary Vulva 21 Priapic Prayer and Randy Antiquarians 22 Kabbalistic Cherubim and Yogic Yonis 23 Thunder of Thought & Flames of Fierce Desire Epilogue Appendix: Moravian Archive Letters of Petition Notes Works Cited Index
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