Mark Vernon
@askwilliamblake.bsky.social
Writer, psychotherapist, lover of William Blake - Plato, Dante and Owen Barfield, too. For more see www.markvernon.com
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
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...
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.
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
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”.)
The great pause. #wintersolstice #williamblake
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The great pause. #wintersolstice #williamblake
Your gift quest is almost over. #williamblake
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Your gift quest is almost over. #williamblake
Vegetarian #WilliamBlake? Or something subtler? Because to trap is to grab, to possess, to consume. Whereas to track is to seek, to understand, to grow.
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Vegetarian #WilliamBlake? Or something subtler? Because to trap is to grab, to possess, to consume. Whereas to track is to seek, to understand, to grow.
Thought from a wonderful Wild Christ weekend with Martin Shaw
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Thought from a wonderful Wild Christ weekend with Martin Shaw
Lucy, saint of light, carries #Dante up Mount Purgatory during the night, by #WilliamBlake. The Uncreated Light. Never not available.
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lucy, saint of light, carries #Dante up Mount Purgatory during the night, by #WilliamBlake. The Uncreated Light. Never not available.
Abundance! A thought on the responses to reactionary Christian nationalism.
December 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Abundance! A thought on the responses to reactionary Christian nationalism.
Many thanks @blackwells.bsky.social for including "Awake!" in Best Non-Fiction Books of 2025! Top in June when published. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social #williamblake
December 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Many thanks @blackwells.bsky.social for including "Awake!" in Best Non-Fiction Books of 2025! Top in June when published. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social #williamblake
Philosophy Now magazine, @philosophynow.bsky.social, out now - with an article in which I argue #WilliamBlake would have found allies in philosophers of science from #DavidHume to #WernerHeisenberg…
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Philosophy Now magazine, @philosophynow.bsky.social, out now - with an article in which I argue #WilliamBlake would have found allies in philosophers of science from #DavidHume to #WernerHeisenberg…
Released today! The audiobook of “Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination”. Available on all usual audiobook platforms. @tantoraudio #WilliamBlake #imagination #audiobooks
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Released today! The audiobook of “Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination”. Available on all usual audiobook platforms. @tantoraudio #WilliamBlake #imagination #audiobooks
Very excited to have launched this development of Philosophy Slam! Robert Rowland Smith and I take a couple of words, usually from a random world generator, and riff. We never cease to be surprised where the genius of words takes us. Available at YouTube…
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Very excited to have launched this development of Philosophy Slam! Robert Rowland Smith and I take a couple of words, usually from a random world generator, and riff. We never cease to be surprised where the genius of words takes us. Available at YouTube…
A thought for your Christmas shopping…
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A thought for your Christmas shopping…
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Born on this day, 28th November 1757, #BlakeFriday, #blackfriday
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Born on this day, 28th November 1757, #BlakeFriday, #blackfriday
#WilliamBlake, born 28th November 1757
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#WilliamBlake, born 28th November 1757
Don't forget #BlakeFriday this week!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget #BlakeFriday this week!
Luna. Waxing. Beautiful.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Luna. Waxing. Beautiful.
The Quiet Revolution and the New Theism. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake - at youtu.be/26uhO7W2fIA
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Quiet Revolution and the New Theism. A conversation with Rupert Sheldrake - at youtu.be/26uhO7W2fIA