TagWilliam Blake

Posted April 11, 2021 Art and Spirit

“The Friend Who May Not Seem a Friend” – The Cat and the Fire, Post 3 of 3

Fire has often been not just a symbol of the holy Spirit, but its embodiment. . . Even fewer people will know what faith and fire lay behind the phrase “Chariot of fire.” It refers to certain events concerning the prophet Elisha, told in 2 Kings 6:8-17.

Posted March 19, 2021 Art and Spirit

“The Friend Who May Not Seem a Friend” – The Cat and the Fire, Post 2 of 3

I wrote to you about the story of the cat at the heart of this photograph, but why is the cat wreathed in flames, and why don’t they consume him? I’ll respond to that now, not with pretended analysis or explanation, but with a kind of “Biography of Fire.” . . .

Posted December 24, 2017 Art and Spirit

Windows and Doors and Waves and the Well

“[The] notion that man has a body distinct from his soul is to be expunged; this I shall do, by printing in the infernal method, by corrosives, which in Hell … Continue Reading Windows and Doors and Waves and the Well