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Psychological interpretation

Blake's painting of the ghost of a flea as a monstrous man: the blood-sucking insect is the projection of a blood-sucking man, such as the employer who does not pay a man what he is worth. Everything, the insect included, is man.

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Life Is a Race ¶46
LectureLife Is a Race
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to: -1
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Life Is a Race ¶47
LectureLife Is a Race
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to: -1
Passage revision:
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Teach Us to Pray ¶16
LectureTeach Us to Pray
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to: -1
Passage revision:
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Revelation of the Word Within ¶19
LectureRevelation of the Word Within
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to: -1
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Revelation of the Word Within ¶20
LectureRevelation of the Word Within
Span from: -1
to: -1
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Neville Goddards Smell The Money Manifestation Technique ¶25
LectureNeville Goddards Smell The Money Manifestation Technique
Span from: -1
to: -1
Passage revision:
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Neville Goddards Smell The Money Manifestation Technique ¶26
LectureNeville Goddards Smell The Money Manifestation Technique
Span from: -1
to: -1
Passage revision:
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Wonder-Working Power ¶4
LectureWonder-Working Power
you see him as a parasite, just like a flea… a flea that lives on the body of the dog or the animal or anything in this world. He’s only a flea.
Span from: 611
to: 755
Passage revision:
608126
Living Water ¶60
LectureLiving Water
Span from: -1
to: -1
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Living Water ¶59
LectureLiving Water
Those who employ without proper compensation, are they not taking the blood of others?
Span from: 158
to: 244
Passage revision:
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Blake on Religion (Second Delivery) ¶36
LectureBlake on Religion (Second Delivery)
so the little flea is only the projection of a blood-sucking man
Span from: 760
to: 824
Passage revision:
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