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English poet and artist (1757–1827)
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In a vision Blake told him to fall backwards in space; when he did, he saw a glorified man with a heart like a flaming ruby containing all the races and nations of humanity, one man when his senses ex
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About a year ago Blake showed Neville how to throw himself backwards like a backward dive; he whirled through interstellar space and came to a stop before one radiant being that contained all races an
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The other day he was reading a comment calling Blake insane on account of his pictures, so he went through his own collection of Blake's pictures at home, including the 13th plate of The Gates of Para
1905
He gives his own birth year alongside Blake's, saying Blake departed a hundred years before he appeared, yet the two are woven together in the tapestry of thought.
1905
He states his own appearance in time, in 1905, some 150 years after Blake's.
between 1947 and 1951
(probable)
A few years ago Neville met William Blake in the heavenly spheres; Blake told him to stand still and fall backwards without restraint, and Neville fell like a star through infinite space, coming to re
20 July 1959
Neville experienced a mystical awakening that he later marked as his spiritual "birthday", said to have occurred at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.
before 1961
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Neville states flatly that he has had the vision himself and therefore knows Blake's account of eternity is true.
between 1962 and 1965
(probable)
A few years ago William Blake told him to fall backwards; he did, tumbled through interstellar space, and when his motion stopped saw in the distance one glorious man with a heart like a flaming ruby,
between 1962 and 1965
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Neville tells of meeting Blake, who taught him to see the whole of humanity gathered into one man; Blake told him to fall backwards, and he fell as from a high-diving board through interstellar space
before 1963
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Going to bed convinced of the reality of God, he asked why the world was made, and from the depths of his soul came back the single word 'hatching', which sent his mind to Blake's Gates of Paradise en
26 March 1963
He refers back to his own previous lecture in which he quoted Blake, and places Blake among Paul, Elijah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah as mental and spiritual giants.
before 1964
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One night Neville spent the night with Blake, who showed him how to fall backwards and look; he fell like a meteor through space, came to stillness, looked, and saw one man whose heart glowed like a l
before 1964
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Neville says he had the experience of God becoming man long before he ever read Blake, and that although he has brought out twelve books he does not consider himself a writer as Blake was.
before 1965
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Neville says he had never read Blake at the time of his vision, and only afterwards found Blake's lines about the Holy Word walking among the ancient trees; many listeners never came back after hearin
before 1965
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Neville says he can bear witness to the truth of Blake's vision from his own experience, but that unlike Blake he can neither paint, carve nor engrave and must rely on words alone.
before 1965
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In a vision Neville was with Blake, who told him to lean back and fall; he fell like a meteor through space and, coming to rest, saw in the distance one wonderful being with a heart like living ruby,
before 1967
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Neville says he communes with Blake and with the occupants of eternal states, though he and Blake are separated by two hundred years.
A woman sees miniature figures presenting the Christ child
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The same woman told Neville a further vision: half asleep, she looked through (not with) her right eye, saw a quarter-inch figure of Jesus Christ in a white robe, then three figures, then a woman surrounded by them with one presenting a child, which she took to be Mary receiving the Christ child; each of the men announced “I am a man.” Neville tells her to read Blake's Vision of the Last Judgment and Deuteronomy 32 and Amos 7.
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Date (happened)
- before 1968 (possible)
- before 14 June 1968
Told
14 June 1968
Sources
- Source: Old Testament Is Prophetic Blueprint of the Life of Jesus Christ ¶16 (May I tell her, and she’s here tonight, read the last vision of Blake, he calls it The Vision of the Last Judgment.)
before 1968
(possible)
Neville recounts that while discussing the unity of being, Blake told him to fall backwards; he fell in utter faith like a meteor through infinite space until his motion was arrested before a glorious
before 1968
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Neville says he can vouch for Blake's account of the biblical characters being states, because he has seen those states himself as Blake saw them.
before 29 April 1968
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Neville says he has himself seen the whole plan of God — the play Blake described — in his own visions.
before 1969
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Neville says he has seen the characters of the Bible in vision, not as persons but as eternal states of consciousness, which made Blake's Vision of the Last Judgment clear to him for the first time.
before 1969
(possible)
He recounts a vision in which Blake told him to let himself go and fall backwards; he dived backwards like a meteor into infinity, came to a stillness, and saw a single man approaching with a heart af