The Awakening to Eternal Life! How to read William Blake's "Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion"

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Mark Vernon and Susanne Sklar discuss the themes and interpretations of William Blake's poem 'Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion'.

Susanne Sklar and Mark Vernon explore William Blake's late, great poem, "Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion" "Of the Sleep of Ulro! and of the passage through Eternal Death! and of the awakening to Eternal Life," Blake tells us the epic is about. Albion features, as does the heroine Jersualem, as well as Jesus. So how did Blake weave together these figures? How can the poem be read? What is its message and theology? What insights does it offer today? Susanne's book is "Blake's 'J...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Vernon

Guest: Susanne Sklar

Topics covered

• William Blake
• Eternal Life
• Poetry analysis
• Theology
• Spiritual awakening

Keywords

• William Blake
• Jerusalem
• Eternal Life
• theology
• poem analysis
• spirituality
• Albion

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Books & works: Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion

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