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  • Yet, due to a dualistic philosophy that locates subjectivity exclusively in the individual's disembodied mind, Thel is incapable of consciously accepting her own impermanence, an understanding that would provide insight into what Lussier terms "the splendors of a complementary, undifferentiated existence" (55).

    Blake, Heidegger, Buddhism, and Deep Ecology: A Fourfold Perspective on Humanity's Relationship to Nature 2007

  • "Thel," an allegory, wherein Thel, beautiful daughter of the Seraphim, laments the shortness of her life down by the River of Adona, and is answered by the Lily of the Valley, the Little Cloud, the Lowly Worm, and the Clod of Clay; the burden of whose song is --

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

  • (It's unclear whether all those kiddie malapropisms have ever compelled Thel to seek "mother's little helper.") 2.

    5 Rules for making 'FAMILY CIRCUS' into the newly announced live-action film Michael Cavna 2010

  • I held to her mane so tightly that she snorted and shook her head at first: then I loosened my grip, but not too much, thinking of the current that could carry a drowned body almost all the way to Thel-gaard Keep.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • This is why, in poems such as "The Book of Thel" natural entities "speak" to Thel in the sense that they are capable of educating her if she is receptive to their lessons.

    Blake, Heidegger, Buddhism, and Deep Ecology: A Fourfold Perspective on Humanity's Relationship to Nature 2007

  • Thel: "everything that lives,/Lives not alone, nor for itself" (5. 26-7).

    Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007

  • Garden's illustrations, and clearly drew on its plant-personifications for his Songs and Book of Thel. 11 Despite

    Introduction 2006

  • Thel – so you had 21 people – how many delegates did you wind up with or was that the delegate count?

    Obamomentum « Whatever 2008

  • In 1996, with the publication of The Book of Thel, copy F, the William Blake Archive put issues of digital reproduction on center stage in a big way.

    Introduction 2003

  • We lament this the way Thel laments mutability, but it's inevitable, and any one limitation stands for a host of others that we must always live with; it's better when we're aware of those restrictions than when we're not, but being aware does not necessarily remove the restrictions, it just makes you a bit more cautious about the conclusions you draw.

    Introduction 2003

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