1. Religion in the Poetry of William Blake
He acknowledged the power of his country but the poverty prevalent there worried him. ... He believed that God is the spiritual and creative power in man, and apart from man the idea of God has no meaning. When Blake speaks of the divine, it is with reference to this power and not to any external or independent God or deity. ... For Blake, god and imagination are one; that is, god is the creative and spiritual power in man and apart from man the idea of god has no meaning. When Blake speaks of divine, it is the reference to this power and not any external or independent godhead. ...
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