Writer, psychotherapist, lover of William Blake - Plato, Dante and Owen Barfield, too. For more see www.markvernon.com
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Mark Vernon
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@askwilliamblake.bsky.social@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialI so hope that the forthcoming Blake 200 year is one in which people hear more than William Blake was brilliant but crazy, inspiring but confusing. Help make that so!
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@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialThe Nazis were keen on the Cathars. The detail brought me up short. I was vaguely aware that the Cathars were unlikely to have been a Languedocian para-church, so who were they? Or, as it turns out, better still: were they at all?
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@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialUnveiling Transcendence. William Blake and the Book of Daniel.
What if apocalyptic biblical literature is not best interpreted through historical events, or through the symbolic? Instead, these texts are educations in imagination, reorientating readers to the vision of God.
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@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialNew essay at my Substack, A Golden String, on the linguistic spirits active in our lives. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/speak-dagg...
@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialPsychologists don’t call it idling, of course, but “spontaneous thought”, and there’s big disagreement on whether its good for happiness or not. But, hey, that’s psychology. New @idlermagazine out now! My slot for the month…
@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialAn extract from “History in English Words” by Owen Barfield, marking its centenary, first published in 1926. At my Substack, A Golden String, markvernon942268.substack.com/p/the-norman...
@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialThe extraordinary brilliance of LLMs is often a cause for alarm. But theology suggests a less melodramatic and more marvellous understanding.
New essay at my Substack, A Golden String, on the unreasonable effectiveness of words in machine learning. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/the-logos-...
@askwilliamblake.bsky.socialThe latest conversation with Rupert Sheldrake and myself. A perhaps surprisingly fecund subject… youtu.be/CikfKeYGypo?...