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Reason, A Barrier or A Bridge… M. Dehghani Firouzabadi and M. Islami / (129
renovated as its characteristics. The essential progress in
All the way through his Blake's representation of Urizen
separated existence, Urizen emanates in “The Four Zoas”,
has recollected a seed of true where the problematic reason
light. Although Urizen is in his is discovered within the
most degraded form, he could framework of a fundamentally
still regain the divine light. refined Christianity. In “The
Thus, he declares: Book of Urizen”, no hint
I lose my powers weakend indicates that the demiurge
every revolution till a death could perform positive action
Shuts up my powers then a seed either in his original union or
in the vast womb of darkness separated state. The poem begins
I dwell in dim oblivion with the eternal faculties, by
(Blake, 1963, 6-73.8-6-73.10, this time, falling into a state of
E 350) separation and chaos. However,
in “The Four Zoas”, these
In this situation, the visionary
eye appears merely as an undesirable events are reflected
equivalent for creative union. against the background of
Finally, with restrictive “mantles” infinite, eternal existence. Each
detached, light is not limited passage of separated state is
any more to the vegetative envisioned as art of an inevitable
“Eyelid”; rather it turns out to passage headed for regeneration.
be a power exposing the In addition, the prelapsarian
complete form, as reason latent of reason for good is
arranges to join with the other appreciated as well. Furthermore,
faculties of spiritual humanity. light, and subsequently reason
