Thursday, April 30, 2009

Seven Deadly Sins (of the Soul)

In the Book of Urizen, Chapter III, number 2, reads thus:

"Rage, fury, intense indignation
In cataracts of fire, blood & gall,
In whirlwinds of sulphurous smoke:
And enormous forms of energy;
All the seven deadly sins of the soul
In living creations appear'd,
In the flames of eternal fury."

Even though the "forms of energy" are enormous, they have nonetheless become mere forms, due to their existence now on earth as "living creations." By being created, they're immediately limited BY their forms. Could this be a source of the "rage, fury," and "intense indignation"? That no matter what we strive to create, we contain -- and therefore limit -- our creations in their transition from an IDEA to a THING? I think that would be enough to drive anyone into a fiery torment.

That all made sense right until I typed it. Hope it is conveyed.

Also, I'm intrigued by the lines "All the seven deadly sins of the soul/ In living creations appear'd." I started trying to assign specific deadly sins to specific living creations. The first one on my list is Man (and his desires) as Greed.
Then I just decided to have fun with it.

What living creations do you think represent the other deadly sins?
(You don't get to say that Sloths represent Sloth. This is a 380 class, consarn it.)

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