Blake & Tradition V2

by Kathleen Raine (Editor)

Replacement for Volume One in the two-volume set, Blake and Tradition.

Genres: Literary Criticism

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Kathleen Jessie Raine CBE was an English poet, critic and scholar, writing in particular on William Blake, W.B. Yeats and Thomas Taylor. Known for her interest in various forms of spirituality, most prominently Platonism and Neoplatonism, she was a founding member of the Temenos Academy.

Reviews

[Robin Billings · Rating 5 out of 5]

These 2 volumes are astounding. I just obtained the Bollingen edition of the 2 volume edition of Blake and Tradition by Kathleen Raine, which had a profound effect on my consciousness during my mid to late 20's (1980-1982). At that time, the books were out of print and available only through the Grand Valley State University library. I checked those volumes out from the library and held on to them for as long as possible, only to return them and then check them out again for another equally long period of intensive study. I did this for over a year as no one else was requesting the work at the time. David Erdman's compilation of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake and S. Foster Damon's book, A Blake Dictionary, were my companion sources during those years. I also had the Shambhala editions of the original illuminated plates, including Milton, Jerusalem, the Songs, and the Book of Urizen. Then, I understood the material conceptually, and now, over 30 years later, I understand the material at the soul level. William Blake was writing in an ancient symbolic language that is at the core of our Western mystery tradition, and Kathleen Raine expounds most eloquently on it's subtleties.

Some of Raine's works are available through Google books::
https://books.google.com/

Kathleen also founded the Temenos Academy, which has the mission of transmitting the Western mystery tradition: http://www.temenosacademy.org/

[Robin Billings · Rating 5 out of 5]

These 2 volumes are astounding. I just obtained the Bollingen edition of the 2 volume edition of Blake and Tradition by Kathleen Raine, which had a profound effect on my consciousness during my mid to late 20's (1980-1982). At that time, the books were out of print and available only through the Grand Valley State University library. I checked those volumes out from the library and held on to them for as long as possible, only to return them and then check them out again for another equally long period of intensive study. I did this for over a year as no one else was requesting the work at the time. David Erdman's compilation of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake and S. Foster Damon's book, A Blake Dictionary, were my companion sources during those years. I also had the Shambhala editions of the original illuminated plates, including Milton, Jerusalem, the Songs, and the Book of Urizen. Then, I understood the material conceptually, and now, over 30 years later, I understand the material at the soul level. William Blake was writing in an ancient symbolic language that is at the core of our Western mystery tradition, and Kathleen Raine expounds most eloquently on it's subtleties.

Some limited samples of Raine's books are available here for free:
http://books.google.com/books?id=e-ED...
http://books.google.com/books?id=YITI...

Kathleen also founded the Temenos Academy, which has the mission of transmitting the Western mystery tradition: http://www.temenosacademy.org/

[Robin Billings]

These 2 volumes are astounding. I just obtained the Bollingen edition of the 2 volume edition of Blake and Tradition by Kathleen Raine, which had a profound effect on my consciousness during my mid to late 20's (1980-1982). At that time, the books were out of print and available only through the Grand Valley State University library. I checked those volumes out from the library and held on to them for as long as possible, only to return them and then check them out again for another equally long period of intensive study. I did this for over a year as no one else was requesting the work at the time. David Erdman's compilation of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake and S. Foster Damon's book, A Blake Dictionary, were my companion sources during those years. I also had the Shambhala editions of the original illuminated plates, including Milton, Jerusalem, the Songs, and the Book of Urizen. Then, I understood the material conceptually, and now, over 30 years later, I understand the material at the soul level. William Blake was writing in an ancient symbolic language that is at the core of our Western mystery tradition, and Kathleen Raine expounds most eloquently on it's subtleties.