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To be in nature is to vegetate, “to ‘vegetate’ is to materialize.” Perception of vegetative nature is to the fallen condition of humankind as visionary imagination is to the idealized world of revelation. Samuel Foster Damon’s approach to Blake’s vegetation holds historical significance in Blake Studies and is indicative of a particular phase wherein the “vegetative man” (J  32: 25) pertains to the mortal body and the astronomical universe. While Blake’s vegetation is undoubtedly entangled with a critique of materialism, it also bears a fundamental connection to regeneration beyond natural laws, for “every Natural effect has a Spiritual Cause, and Not a Natural” (E 124).

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Blake’s Biomorphism

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    2025年

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  • Silvia Riccardi

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To be in nature is to vegetate, “to ‘vegetate’ is to materialize.” Perception of vegetative nature is to the fallen condition of humankind as visionary imagination is to the idealized world of revelation. Samuel Foster Damon’s approach to Blake’s vegetation holds historical significance in Blake Studies and is indicative of a particular phase wherein the “vegetative man” (J  32: 25) pertains to the mortal body and the astronomical universe. While Blake’s vegetation is undoubtedly entangled with a critique of materialism, it also bears a fundamental connection to regeneration beyond natural laws, for “every Natural effect has a Spiritual Cause, and Not a Natural” (E 124).