The Book of Urizen
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The Book of Urizen is a prophetic illuminated book by William Blake that presents a mythic origin story of a tyrannical lawgiver god within Blake’s unique personal mythology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Book of Urizen canonical | 1 |
| The Gates of Urizen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5651460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Urizen Context triple: [William Blake, notableWork, The Book of Urizen]
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A.
the Over-Soul
The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.
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B.
The Book of the Law
The Book of the Law is the foundational occult text of Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, presenting its core spiritual and philosophical doctrines.
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C.
The Soul’s Prison House
The Soul’s Prison House is a symbolist Pre-Raphaelite painting by Evelyn De Morgan that explores themes of spiritual confinement and the soul’s struggle for liberation from the material world.
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D.
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
"Swedenborg; or, the Mystic" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines the life, religious visions, and philosophical influence of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
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E.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Urizen Target entity description: The Book of Urizen is a prophetic illuminated book by William Blake that presents a mythic origin story of a tyrannical lawgiver god within Blake’s unique personal mythology.
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A.
the Over-Soul
The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.
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B.
The Book of the Law
The Book of the Law is the foundational occult text of Aleister Crowley’s Thelema, presenting its core spiritual and philosophical doctrines.
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C.
The Soul’s Prison House
The Soul’s Prison House is a symbolist Pre-Raphaelite painting by Evelyn De Morgan that explores themes of spiritual confinement and the soul’s struggle for liberation from the material world.
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D.
Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
"Swedenborg; or, the Mystic" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines the life, religious visions, and philosophical influence of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
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E.
Clarel
Clarel is a long, philosophical narrative poem by Herman Melville that explores faith, doubt, and pilgrimage in the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
illuminated book
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poem ⓘ prophetic book ⓘ |
| author | William Blake ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between imagination and reason
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fragmentation of the human psyche ⓘ imprisonment by moral law ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain ⓘ |
| depicts |
Urizen as a tyrannical lawgiver god
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linked to:
Demiurge
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| featuresCharacter |
Enitharmon
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Los ⓘ Urizen's sons ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Book of Los
ⓘ
The Song of Los ⓘ |
| follows | The Book of Thel ⓘ |
| genre |
mythopoeia
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religious poetry ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hand-colored plates
ⓘ
intaglio printing ⓘ relief etching ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Romantic literary criticism
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modern mythopoeic literature ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptCopies | multiple extant copies with variant plates ⓘ |
| illustrator | William Blake ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic period ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Urizen
ⓘ
linked to:
Demiurge
|
| medium | ink and watercolor on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mythologicalSystem | Blake's personal mythology ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | prophetic voice ⓘ |
| partOf | William Blake's prophetic books ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| publicationYear | 1794 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
America a Prophecy
ⓘ
linked to:
America: A Prophecy
Europe a Prophecy ⓘ Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion ⓘ
linked to:
Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
Milton: A Poem ⓘ |
| structure | chapters ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Blake studies
ⓘ
Romanticism courses ⓘ |
| subject |
Blakean mythology
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bondage of law ⓘ cosmogony ⓘ creation myth ⓘ fall of reason ⓘ |
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Subject: The Book of Urizen Description of subject: The Book of Urizen is a prophetic illuminated book by William Blake that presents a mythic origin story of a tyrannical lawgiver god within Blake’s unique personal mythology.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: The Book of Urizen