Mark Vernon on William Blake – Awake!

Who was William Blake and how can his work speak to us today?

Brent talks with author Mark Vernon about his new Hurst book ‘Awake: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination’.

Mark is a London based psychotherapist, writer and former Anglican priest.  He’s a keen podcaster and a columnist with the Idler and speaks regularly at festivals and on the BBC.  

• (0:50) Blake and ‘recovery’;
• (2:40) Blake and innocence;
• (3:30) Importance of the arts;
• (4:45) Blake and Christianity;
• (7:30) Angels;
• (9:30) Imagination;
• (11:15) Blake and science;
• (13:00) Blake and desire;
• (14:35) Eroticism in Blake;
• (16:20) Blake’s poems;
• (18:45) Blake and politics;
• (21:55) Blake’s mythology;
• (24:00) Nature.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.markvernon.com/books/awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-the-imagination

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