Mark Vernon
@askwilliamblake.bsky.social
Writer, psychotherapist, lover of William Blake - Plato, Dante and Owen Barfield, too. For more see www.markvernon.com
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"The best book on Blake out there!" With thanks to Robert Rowland Smith.
Both #OwenBarfield and #RudolfSteiner much valued #WilliamBlake and having the three in dialogue brings a real edge to Blake's value to us now... New talk at my Youtube channel. youtu.be/ah9kLwZyTSI?...
The Shared Vision of William Blake, Rudolf Steiner & Owen Barfield
YouTube video by Mark Vernon
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January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Both #OwenBarfield and #RudolfSteiner much valued #WilliamBlake and having the three in dialogue brings a real edge to Blake's value to us now... New talk at my Youtube channel. youtu.be/ah9kLwZyTSI?...
I much enjoyed this conversation, pressed to grapple with #WilliamBlake's phrases such as "kissing the joy as it flies" and whether there are, in fact, connections between Blake's sunrise and Nietzsche's ecstasy. youtu.be/Hi_qQQkRKQc?...
Interview with Mark Vernon on William Blake
YouTube video by G. P. Xavier
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January 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I much enjoyed this conversation, pressed to grapple with #WilliamBlake's phrases such as "kissing the joy as it flies" and whether there are, in fact, connections between Blake's sunrise and Nietzsche's ecstasy. youtu.be/Hi_qQQkRKQc?...
The Conversion of Saint Paul by #WilliamBlake - showing the inner drama of arguably one of the most consequential moments in western history, when on the outside, little to nothing might apparently have happened at all. #conversionofstpaul
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The Conversion of Saint Paul by #WilliamBlake - showing the inner drama of arguably one of the most consequential moments in western history, when on the outside, little to nothing might apparently have happened at all. #conversionofstpaul
But “might is right” and the rules-based order are both traps! The basic, transformational point is being missed.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law
Might isn't right, but neither is the rules-based order
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January 24, 2026 at 9:41 AM
But “might is right” and the rules-based order are both traps! The basic, transformational point is being missed.
open.substack.com/pub/markvern...
open.substack.com/pub/markvern...
I discuss with Rupert Sheldrake the role of the beings who are associated with churches and shrines, days and names.
Plus details of tickets for the forthcoming 100th conversation - live on 15th February at 6.15pm, in-person and live-streamed. youtu.be/pKKBw5-9vrY
Plus details of tickets for the forthcoming 100th conversation - live on 15th February at 6.15pm, in-person and live-streamed. youtu.be/pKKBw5-9vrY
Patron Saints and Spirits of Place - 99th conversation with Rupert Sheldrake and news of the 100th!
YouTube video by Mark Vernon
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January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I discuss with Rupert Sheldrake the role of the beings who are associated with churches and shrines, days and names.
Plus details of tickets for the forthcoming 100th conversation - live on 15th February at 6.15pm, in-person and live-streamed. youtu.be/pKKBw5-9vrY
Plus details of tickets for the forthcoming 100th conversation - live on 15th February at 6.15pm, in-person and live-streamed. youtu.be/pKKBw5-9vrY
Great speaking with @Hermitix about the genius of #OwenBarfield, inspiration to #CSLewis and #JRRTolkien. I don’t know a figure better able to combine clear-sighted critique of modern life and awareness of the good modern life is midwifing.
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The Philosophy of Owen Barfield with Mark Vernon
YouTube video by Hermitix Podcast
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January 22, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Great speaking with @Hermitix about the genius of #OwenBarfield, inspiration to #CSLewis and #JRRTolkien. I don’t know a figure better able to combine clear-sighted critique of modern life and awareness of the good modern life is midwifing.
youtu.be/pq4pr8_bbP0
youtu.be/pq4pr8_bbP0
The 100th dialogue with @rupertsheldrake and myself is on 15th Feb. Do join us in person or online! Tickets at buytickets.at/thesheldrake...
January 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The 100th dialogue with @rupertsheldrake and myself is on 15th Feb. Do join us in person or online! Tickets at buytickets.at/thesheldrake...
Wonderful talking with Clare Carlisle on the back of her new book, Transcendence for Beginners. #RamanaMaharshi, #Jesus, #Jung and others in the mix. At my YouTube channel youtu.be/qKgIOumNG18.
Transcendence Revisited. India and nondualism in the West. A conversation with Clare Carlisle
YouTube video by Mark Vernon
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January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Wonderful talking with Clare Carlisle on the back of her new book, Transcendence for Beginners. #RamanaMaharshi, #Jesus, #Jung and others in the mix. At my YouTube channel youtu.be/qKgIOumNG18.
The shift under #Galileo wasn’t really about heliocentrism but something more powerful and subtle… markvernon942268.substack.com/p/the-music-...
The Music of the Spheres
And the power of the discarded image
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January 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The shift under #Galileo wasn’t really about heliocentrism but something more powerful and subtle… markvernon942268.substack.com/p/the-music-...
New conversation with myself and John Butler, Spiritual Unfoldment, at Broughton Sanctuary.
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Philosopher Mark Vernon and Mystic John Butler Find Something in Common
YouTube video by Broughton Sanctuary
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January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
New conversation with myself and John Butler, Spiritual Unfoldment, at Broughton Sanctuary.
youtu.be/MWwfBvcM0nw
youtu.be/MWwfBvcM0nw
The Adoration of the Magi by #WilliamBlake. Happy #Epiphany!
One thought about the image. There are two sources of light: the star and the child. Only, that's really one. Mirrored by the magi, the star offers back its light to the one source, the uncreated light born of Mary. #Theophany.
One thought about the image. There are two sources of light: the star and the child. Only, that's really one. Mirrored by the magi, the star offers back its light to the one source, the uncreated light born of Mary. #Theophany.
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The Adoration of the Magi by #WilliamBlake. Happy #Epiphany!
One thought about the image. There are two sources of light: the star and the child. Only, that's really one. Mirrored by the magi, the star offers back its light to the one source, the uncreated light born of Mary. #Theophany.
One thought about the image. There are two sources of light: the star and the child. Only, that's really one. Mirrored by the magi, the star offers back its light to the one source, the uncreated light born of Mary. #Theophany.
New @philosophy_slam_ online! Two random words. @dr_robert_rowland_smith and I riff. The unexpected unfolds.
Ep. 7 Adult & Soak: How We Absorb Life as We Grow
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Ep. 7 Adult & Soak: How We Absorb Life as We Grow
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Adult & Soak: How We Absorb Life as We Grow (Philosophy Slam! Ep. 7)
YouTube video by Philosophy Slam!
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January 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New @philosophy_slam_ online! Two random words. @dr_robert_rowland_smith and I riff. The unexpected unfolds.
Ep. 7 Adult & Soak: How We Absorb Life as We Grow
youtu.be/lDCjFMNy1P8
Ep. 7 Adult & Soak: How We Absorb Life as We Grow
youtu.be/lDCjFMNy1P8
A so-called natural cause is a special case of synchronicity. But the general organisation of nature is a product of patterns and relationships, resonances and harmonies. New post on Carl Jung’s notion of synchronicities, at my Substack, A Golden String. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/connecting...
Stranger Things
Synchronicities and Carl Jung’s connecting principle
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January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
A so-called natural cause is a special case of synchronicity. But the general organisation of nature is a product of patterns and relationships, resonances and harmonies. New post on Carl Jung’s notion of synchronicities, at my Substack, A Golden String. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/connecting...
A happy way to begin the new year! John Vervaeke and I explore what #Dante and #WilliamBlake celebrate. #Neoplatonism #participation #synchronicity
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Dante, Blake, and the Power of the Imagination
YouTube video by John Vervaeke
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January 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
A happy way to begin the new year! John Vervaeke and I explore what #Dante and #WilliamBlake celebrate. #Neoplatonism #participation #synchronicity
youtu.be/m-gIaY5Iwa0
youtu.be/m-gIaY5Iwa0
Blue is illuminated darkness, Goethe tells us. The blues are born out of the darkness with the help of light and draw us after them. Hence cold, spacious winter blue invites us into the New Year. #newyear
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Blue is illuminated darkness, Goethe tells us. The blues are born out of the darkness with the help of light and draw us after them. Hence cold, spacious winter blue invites us into the New Year. #newyear
Hermes for the turn of the year - in the new Idler magazine. Out now!
“Hermes is both herd and guide: sheep and shepherd. He confuses because the path he indicates is not the one expected. He comes, therefore, in a crisis, at the turning point.”
#newyear
“Hermes is both herd and guide: sheep and shepherd. He confuses because the path he indicates is not the one expected. He comes, therefore, in a crisis, at the turning point.”
#newyear
December 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Hermes for the turn of the year - in the new Idler magazine. Out now!
“Hermes is both herd and guide: sheep and shepherd. He confuses because the path he indicates is not the one expected. He comes, therefore, in a crisis, at the turning point.”
#newyear
“Hermes is both herd and guide: sheep and shepherd. He confuses because the path he indicates is not the one expected. He comes, therefore, in a crisis, at the turning point.”
#newyear
New episode of @philosophy_slam. Two random words that take @RobRowlandSmith and me in directions previously untold…
youtu.be/EBqjJCTMvW0
youtu.be/EBqjJCTMvW0
Forest and Alignment: How We Find Our Way (Philosophy Slam! Ep. 6)
YouTube video by Philosophy Slam!
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December 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New episode of @philosophy_slam. Two random words that take @RobRowlandSmith and me in directions previously untold…
youtu.be/EBqjJCTMvW0
youtu.be/EBqjJCTMvW0
Angels appear particularly at this time of year. But how to see them? New essay at my Substack, A Golden String. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/cosmic-vit...
Cosmic Vitality and the Activity of the Angels
Perceiving the divine intelligences at the turn of the year
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December 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Angels appear particularly at this time of year. But how to see them? New essay at my Substack, A Golden String. markvernon942268.substack.com/p/cosmic-vit...
Hope for #WilliamBlake. Hope at #Christmas. (The plate comes from Blake’s pamphlet, “There is No Natural Religion”.)
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hope for #WilliamBlake. Hope at #Christmas. (The plate comes from Blake’s pamphlet, “There is No Natural Religion”.)
Glad to contribute to @bbcradio4 #moralmaze programme, going out tonight. The issue for me was not whether anyone knows the truth. But whether we love it, submit to it, look towards its divine horizon. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze, What Is Truth?
Debate examining the question: what is truth?
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December 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Glad to contribute to @bbcradio4 #moralmaze programme, going out tonight. The issue for me was not whether anyone knows the truth. But whether we love it, submit to it, look towards its divine horizon. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The heart of Awake! is that #williamblake is a mystic. He doesn't just inspire or console, thought he does, but transforms perceptions. So I was very glad to talk with @seeker2seeker. youtu.be/j17jn9EdGHQ?...
William Blake & the Divine Imagination | Mark Vernon
YouTube video by SEEKER TO SEEKER
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The heart of Awake! is that #williamblake is a mystic. He doesn't just inspire or console, thought he does, but transforms perceptions. So I was very glad to talk with @seeker2seeker. youtu.be/j17jn9EdGHQ?...
The great pause. #wintersolstice #williamblake
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The great pause. #wintersolstice #williamblake
New episode of #philosophyslam! Two random words. @RobRowlandSmith and I riff. You’ll be surprised where that takes us.
Conflict & Injection: The Energies That Enter Us
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Conflict & Injection: The Energies That Enter Us
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Conflict & Injection: The Energies That Enter Us (Philosophy Slam! Ep.5)
YouTube video by Philosophy Slam!
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December 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New episode of #philosophyslam! Two random words. @RobRowlandSmith and I riff. You’ll be surprised where that takes us.
Conflict & Injection: The Energies That Enter Us
youtu.be/h1zMXeF8Ni0
Conflict & Injection: The Energies That Enter Us
youtu.be/h1zMXeF8Ni0
“If Moral Virtue was #Christianity / Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity. / The Moral Christian is the Cause / Of the Unbeliever & his Laws. / For what is Antichrist but those / Who against Sinners Heaven close.” #WilliamBlake
New essay at my Substack - markvernon942268.substack.com/p/albion-is-...
New essay at my Substack - markvernon942268.substack.com/p/albion-is-...
"Albion Is Sick"
William Blake on civilisational erasure and the divine vision of Christmas
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December 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“If Moral Virtue was #Christianity / Christ’s Pretensions were all Vanity. / The Moral Christian is the Cause / Of the Unbeliever & his Laws. / For what is Antichrist but those / Who against Sinners Heaven close.” #WilliamBlake
New essay at my Substack - markvernon942268.substack.com/p/albion-is-...
New essay at my Substack - markvernon942268.substack.com/p/albion-is-...
Your gift quest is almost over. #williamblake
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Your gift quest is almost over. #williamblake