William Blake's spiritual visions

Iain Sinclair visits William Blake's grave and discusses the spiritual visions that made up such a significant part of his life and work. Filmed at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London.

[LewisRacing]

William Blake is one of the greatest minds of all time. His work will live on forever

[SP-nyfk]

I am so happy to be living in these exciting times where we can at last talk openly.

[stevecallais]

Very moving and beautiful - thankyou. One of Englands greatest souls. And many thanks to those who located the exact spot of his burial - as originally it was in an unmarked pauper's grave.

[LadyPercy.]

The polymath and mystic William Blake has influenced and inspired musicians, artists, poets, clergy, designers and the ordinary citizen. A genius who not be silenced.

[bloodbuddy]

Blake is still underrated… the prophetic works are incredibly profound. A master of mystic and symbolic understanding of conscious experience.

[pecom.angelo]

beautiful, brilliant piece of documentary. simple, elegant yet full of deep content within.

[johnmartindoylemusic]

Disappointed that the documentary ended. It is a fine piece of work.

[starlightlake]

A very good short summary of William Blake's  vast body of work.
Iain Sinclair wrote the book "Lights Out for the Territory". An excellent read.

[BlakeinSussex]

This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing

[PB-mofs]

Superb film. Iain Sinclair is himself a great talent.

[catheriner]

Thank you. How sweet it would be to spend an hour with him and Catherine today. I, too, straddle the seemingly incongruous. I enjoyed your point of view.

[citizensnid]

I've been to his grave many years ago. Even 200 years later people were laying flowers

[sanj]

Thank you - just watched this. It's a good introduction for people like me whi know little of William Blake and are fascinated to know more.

[JMF]

An oasis of the dissident and difficult..love it.

[arthurblundell]

The ancient of days = such a beautiful image and yet so small

[deyeofspirit]

He wasn't a normal human... He was someone divine...

[robertdavidson]

I saw a spiritual being as it may be described once at 16 years of age hovering over a house above while walking my dog for about 5 seconds or so!I'd just started reading Bible again at that time!Once in a lifetime experience so far anyway!I don't know why or what it meant to this day really 😀 I read Blake much later teens and in my 20s!His mythology was something odd at thst age!

[dixonpinfold]

Very good, much better than the companion video concerning his printing! Thank you. And I don't approve merely because it accords with what I already knew, or thought I did—it doesn't exactly, but seems worth placing alongside it and not below. I feared a lot of misty and awful sentimentalism, or picturesqueness.

[londonbeyondtimeandplace]

Iain Sinclair about William Blake - what a combination!

[citizennobody]

I don't think Blakes visions were literal. Angels in the tree are the wholeness of nature, like seeing a bird as a god.