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Subject: let's not fall into the trap of believing that "satanic" is the same as "bad" for Blake

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Ian (Australia)

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Date Posted: 15:17:48 12/20/04 Mon
In reply to: Ed Harris (Venezia) 's message, "..." on 12:37:07 12/20/04 Mon

"The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels & God, and at liberty when of Devils & Hell, is because he was a true Poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it."
Marriage of Heaven and Hell, plate 6

"Messiah or Satan or Tempter was formerly thought to be one of the Antediluvians who are our Energies."
Marriage of Heaven and Hell, plate 17

"Energy is Eternal Delight."
Marriage of Heaven and Hell, plate 4

To say that the mills are "satanic" does not therefore mean that they are "bad". They are a manifestation of energy, and thus a source of delight.

"Where man is not, nature is barren."
Marriage of Heaven and Hell, plate 10

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