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Blake: 'Energy is Eternal Delight' - discussion

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I’ve been thinking about your line of Blake, which I strangely haven’t encountered before despite his works being more to my taste than more overly religious writing. I had a look on line and found this  https://uh.edu/engines/CD-EnergyIsEternalDelight/track1.html  which I don’t find satisfactory. I would prefer to read someone like Aldous Huxley on the subject as he would interpret the C18th language and idioms in a way that resonates more with me.  Ayako at her family shrine  I quoted the line to Ayako and of course she agreed with it immediately - though she is tempering her Chi Gong exercises these days as she - I think - correctly understands that excessive energy is hard to control and that one can be swept away with delight (in particular, spiritual pride is always waiting to carry us down). We talked of the harmonious balance of ying and yang -  ‘the still point of the turning world’ - and the dangers of religious fervour. She still abhors the proslytizi...