Publication Date
8-1977
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
William McMahon, George McCelvey, Dorothy McMahon
Degree Program
Department of English
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
This study represents an attempt to explore the occult tradition, in particular the Kabbalah, in an effort to establish a relationship between this tradition and the prophetic poems of William Blake. The Kabbalah is examined to reveal similarities between the kabbalistic Adam Kadmon and Blake's sleeping giant Albion. In addition, a comparison is made of the sexual dichotomies in both sources. Once Blake is viewed as a part of the occult tradition and the kabbalistic similarities are explored, an important aspect of Blake's poetry is clarified, by considering the essential design of kabbalistic thought as it stands in close relation to the prophetic poems, which are his most ambitious projects.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, British Isles
Recommended Citation
Miller, Laura, "The Occult Tradition, Blake, & the Kabbalah: A Preliminary Study" (1977). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2632.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2632