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Acknowledging that there are complementary modes of perception has become commonplace. But left-hemisphere analysis can diagnose the problem without offering much sense of how better to incorporate the right.
Which is where William Blake comes in. He describes the narrowing of perception from the perspective of the wider involvement. The result is a guide to participation that is simultaneously a path of transformation.
He speaks of the sometimes useful but confined view called Ulro, which might give way to Generation – a second mode of perception – and then Beulah and, finally, Eternity.
In this talk, I consider how each is known and how the one might lead to the other.
For more on my book, Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, see - markvernon.com/books/awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-the-imagination
Acknowledging that there are complementary modes of perception has become commonplace. But left-hemisphere analysis can diagnose the problem without offering much sense of how better to incorporate the right.
Which is where William Blake comes in. He describes the narrowing of perception from the perspective of the wider involvement. The result is a guide to participation that is simultaneously a path of transformation.
He speaks of the sometimes useful but confined view called Ulro, which might give way to Generation – a second mode of perception – and then Beulah and, finally, Eternity.
In this talk, I consider how each is known and how the one might lead to the other.
For more on my book, Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, see - markvernon.com/books/awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-the-imagination
