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All Religions are One

All Religions are One (1788) is a concise, visionary manifesto by William Blake that argues for the universal unity of all religious and philosophical traditions. Blake asserts that the Poetic Genius—the creative, imaginative, and spiritual essence of humanity—is the true source of all knowledge, art, and religious expression. This Genius is what the ancients called an Angel or Spirit of Prophecy, and it is the same in all people, despite outward differences.

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Blake’s seven principles outline his belief that all religions and philosophies originate from this shared, divine faculty. He contends that truth is not found through dogma or rigid systems, but through direct, personal experience and the expression of the Poetic Genius. The Jewish and Christian Testaments, for example, are not unique revelations but specific manifestations of this universal spirit, adapted to the cultural and sensory limitations of their time.

Ultimately, Blake’s work is a call to recognize the unity of human experience and the divine imagination that underlies all spiritual traditions. It champions the idea that art, prophecy, and true religion are expressions of the same eternal, creative truth, accessible to all through the Poetic Genius.

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“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”

William Blake

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