Blake and the New Age (Routledge Revivals)

<p>First published in 1979 Dr Raine's pioneering study presents William Blake as a lonely powerful genius who stands within the spiritual tradition of <em>Sophia Perennis</em> 'the Everlasting Gospel'. From the standpoint of this great human Norm our immediate past described by W.B. Yeats as 'the three provincial centuries' is a tragic deviation; catastrophic as Blake believed in its spiritual and material consequences. Only now do we possess the necessary knowledge to understand William Blake and the ever-growing number of people who turn to him surely justifies his faith in the eternal truths he strove to communicate.</p>