| Publication Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Year | 2026 |
| Author(s) | Dr.P.Parthiban |
| Journal Name | Asian Journal of Research Scholars |
| Volume, Issue | 3, 9 |
| Pagination | 7-14 |
| Article Type | Paper |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.68412/ajrsarticle52 |
Spirituality; Religion; Religious Belief; Visionary Imagination; Unitarianism; Heaven and Hell;Four-fold God; The Marriage of Heaven and Hell; “The Divine Image”; Human Experience
This research paper examines the relationship between spirituality, religious belief, and human experience in the works of William Blake. It considers the ways in which religion influences human identity, values, attitudes, and behaviour and explores Blake’s distinctive understanding of spirituality through his visionary and poetic imagination. The study focuses on Blake’s engagement with the Holy Bible, his visionary belief, and the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg on his spiritual thought. It further examines his understanding of Christianity, Unitarianism, the Trinity, and the concepts of Heaven and Hell as significant elements of his religious and psychological vision. Particular attention is given to Blake’s conception of the four-fold God, represented through Imagination, Body, Reason, and Emotion, and to the relationship between the divine and the human. His poems, especially Songs of Innocence and Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and “The Divine Image,” reveal the importance of mercy, pity, peace, love, forgiveness, imagination, and spiritual freedom in his poetic and religious thought. The study also considers Blake’s criticism of restrictive organised religion and his emphasis on the possibility of recognising the divine within human beings. The discussion ultimately highlights spirituality in Blake as an inward and human-centred experience in which religious belief, imagination, moral consciousness, and the search for divine qualities are closely connected