Embodiment of reason and law in the mythology of William Blake
This article is about the being from William Blake's mythology. For the character from the Spawn comics, see Urizen (comics).
Blake's watercoloured etching The Ancient of Days.
In the mythology of William Blake, Urizen (/ˈjʊrɪzən/) is the embodiment of conventional reason and law. He is usually depicted as a bearded old man; he sometimes bears architect's tools, to create and constrain the universe; or nets, with which he ensnares people in webs of law and conventional society. Originally, Urizen represented one half of a two-part system, with him representing reason and Los, his opposition, representing imagination. In Blake's reworking of his mythic system, Urizen is one of the four Zoas that result from the division of the primordial man, Albion, and he continues to represent reason. He has an Emanation, or paired female equivalent, Ahania, who stands for Pleasure. In Blake's myth, Urizen is joined by many daughters with three representing aspects of the body. He is also joined by many sons, with four representing the four elements. These sons join in rebellion against their father but are later united in the Last Judgment. In many of Blake's books, Urizen is seen with four books that represent the various laws that he places upon humanity.
In the mythology of William Blake, Urizen (/ˈjʊrɪzən/) is the embodiment of conventional reason and law. He is usually depicted as a bearded old man; he...
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writings of William Blake, Utha is the second son of Urizen. In Chapter VIII of The Book of Urizen, Utha's birth is briefly described: [...] Utha, From...
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content concerns Fuzon, a son of Urizen, a Zoa or major aspect in Blake's mythology. Ahania of the title is Urizen's female counterpart. During autumn...
representing materialism, false religion, and fallen sexuality. Rahab's embrace of Urizen, who loosely represents fallen reason, is seen as the consolidation of error...
of Urizen, Zoas of reason, in William Blake's mythology. She is the representation of pleasure and the desire for intelligence. Although Urizen casts...
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that can draw beings together. In The Book of Urizen pity begins when Los looks on the body of Urizen bound in chains.: 13.50–51 However, Pity furthers...
The book is related to the Book of Urizen and to the Continental prophecies; it is essentially a retelling of Urizen from the point of view of Los. The...
enlightenment philosophers. The book provides a historical context for The Book of Urizen, The Book of Ahania, and The Book of Los, and also ties those more obscure...
William Blake and his wife Kate travel to the end of time where the demonic Urizen offers them his own re-interpretation of the Biblical story: "In this painting...
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