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Blake’s Book of Urizen

Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.

Nielsen’s East of the Sun

Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.

Gnostic Spirit Drawings

Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.

Doré’s Dante

From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.

The Kingdom of the Gods

Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.

Vassos’s Phobia

Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.

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Two figures lean towards one another within a great dark arch opening onto a deep blue night. — Willy Pogány
Two figures lean towards one another within a great dark arch opening onto a deep blue night.
The Tale of Lohengrin

A woman in a green dress stands with a crowned man beside a dark pool beneath overhanging trees. — Edmund Dulac
Two women stand at the edge of a dark pool enclosed by pale stonework and flowering trees.
The Stealers of Light

Two small figures hurry across an ornate bridge suspended above a pale landscape. — Kay Nielsen
Two small figures hurry across an ornate bridge suspended above a pale landscape.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon

A symmetrical blue ribbon-like form against a luminous yellow field. — Figure 38 represents, in Besant and Leadbeater's account, a meditator's wish to embrace all humanity and draw it toward a higher ideal.
Thought-Forms

A haloed figure in orange, blue and green robes stands above small surrounding figures among clouds and rocky slopes. — Evelyn Paul
A haloed figure in orange, blue and green robes stands above small surrounding figures among clouds and rocky slopes.
Myths and Legends of Japan

A diffuse blue cloud above a pale blue flower-like bud, each numbered against black. — A loose blue cloud occupies one panel, while a pale blue bud-like form fills the other.
Thought-Forms

A pointed blue form above a pale radiating fan of light on two black panels. — A sharply pointed blue form is paired with a broad fan of light spreading from a blue base.
Thought-Forms

An immense eagle spreads its wings above a mountainous landscape and distant towers. — Henry Justice Ford
An immense eagle spreads its wings above a mountainous landscape and distant towers.
The Yellow Fairy Book

Yellow interlaced triangles inside a radiant circle above a blue five-pointed star surrounded by golden rays. — Interlaced triangles and a five-pointed star give two different conceptions of divine order a geometric form.
Thought-Forms

A violet spear-shaped form edged in yellow above a luminous golden sphere, on two black panels. — A pointed violet form edged with yellow rises above a radiant golden sphere in this paired plate.
Thought-Forms

Four dark panels contain blue curved forms with red trails, green triangles, blue crosses and a blue ring around a red centre. — Artist not recorded
Four dark panels contain blue curved forms with red trails, green triangles, blue crosses and a blue ring around a red centre.
Thought-Forms

Pink and orange letters rise through curling stems and blue sky. — William Blake
Pink and orange letters rise through curling stems and blue sky.
The Book of Thel

Large curling letters spread across a blue upper panel while small figures move among delicate branches. — William Blake
Large curling letters spread across a blue upper panel while small figures move among delicate branches.
The Book of Thel

A long-robed woman inclines towards a smaller figure beneath a curved willow. — William Blake
A long-robed woman inclines towards a smaller figure beneath a curved willow.
The Book of Thel

A small child flies through a blue upper field towards a standing woman with open arms. — William Blake
A small child flies through a blue upper field towards a standing woman with open arms.
The Book of Thel

A long serpent crosses a blue band at the foot of the page, carrying small figures along its curving body. — William Blake
A long serpent crosses a blue band at the foot of the page, carrying small figures along its curving body.
The Book of Thel

A pointed blue cap and red wings distinguish the little figure perched on a fine thread. — Warwick Goble
A pointed blue cap and red wings distinguish the little figure perched on a fine thread.
The Book of Fairy Poetry

Three pale princesses stand hand in hand against a deep blue chasm. — Kay Nielsen
Three pale princesses stand hand in hand against a deep blue chasm.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon

A richly patterned robe spreads around a masked theatrical figure holding a long weapon against a deep blue ground. — Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A richly patterned robe spreads around a masked theatrical figure holding a long weapon against a deep blue ground.
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

A serene seated figure rests on a layered lotus pedestal against a deep blue ground. — Photographer not identified
A serene seated figure rests on a layered lotus pedestal against a deep blue ground.
The Gods of Northern Buddhism

A red female figure raises one hand within a ring of gold flames while teachers and protective figures occupy the surrounding blue field. — Illustrator not identified
A red female figure raises one hand within a ring of gold flames while teachers and protective figures occupy the surrounding blue field.
The Gods of Northern Buddhism

A tall blue castle rises from a steep rampart beneath a deep star-filled sky. — Willy Pogány
A tall blue castle rises from a steep rampart beneath a deep star-filled sky.
Parsifal

A white central form expands into blue, pink and gold rays beneath a star-like crown. — H. K. Challoner
A white central form expands into blue, pink and gold rays beneath a star-like crown.
Watchers of the Seven Spheres

A luminous head rises above a tall column of blue, red and yellow currents. — H. K. Challoner
A luminous head rises above a tall column of blue, red and yellow currents.
Watchers of the Seven Spheres

A small red central figure sends sharp multicoloured rays across a deep blue storm. — H. K. Challoner
A small red central figure sends sharp multicoloured rays across a deep blue storm.
Watchers of the Seven Spheres

Fine rainbow-coloured streams descend from a bright head through a deep blue field scattered with stars and planets. — H. K. Challoner
Fine rainbow-coloured streams descend from a bright head through a deep blue field scattered with stars and planets.
Watchers of the Seven Spheres

An elongated white-and-blue figure opens into branching sprays of light against a muted background. — Ethelwynne M. Quail
An elongated white-and-blue figure opens into branching sprays of light against a muted background.
The Kingdom of the Gods

A broad green crown spreads above a narrow glowing trunk against a blue sky. — Ethelwynne M. Quail
A broad green crown spreads above a narrow glowing trunk against a blue sky.
The Kingdom of the Gods

Purple, green and blue circular bands enclose a pale figure above snowy mountains. — Ethelwynne M. Quail
Purple, green and blue circular bands enclose a pale figure above snowy mountains.
The Kingdom of the Gods

A brilliant yellow head sends long white and blue rays down across a pale landscape. — Ethelwynne M. Quail
A brilliant yellow head sends long white and blue rays down across a pale landscape.
The Kingdom of the Gods

A broad fan of green, blue and gold curves rises from the sea around a small central form. — Ethelwynne M. Quail
A broad fan of green, blue and gold curves rises from the sea around a small central form.
The Kingdom of the Gods

A pale face appears within an angular red-winged form surrounded by blue and yellow rays. — Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword)
Angular red wings spread from a pale face into a field of yellow and blue rays.
The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics

A tall pale figure is enclosed in deep blue folded wings that rise to sharp points above the head. — Unnamed woman, 1908 (source foreword)
A tall pale figure is enclosed within dark blue wings whose tips rise above the head.
The Esoteric Teaching of the Gnostics

Two figures stand close beneath a tall tree, one lifting a small cup towards the blue sky. — Willy Pogany
Two figures stand close beneath a tall tree, one lifting a small cup towards the blue sky.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

A small figure stands on the projecting platform of a slender minaret with an arm extended outward. — Willy Pogany
A small figure stands on the projecting platform of a slender minaret with an arm extended outward.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

A high flowering arch frames bright white domes and towers beneath a blue sky. — Willy Pogany
A high flowering arch frames bright white domes and towers beneath a blue sky.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber. — J. Augustus Knapp
A tall, cloaked figure stands beside an elderly man seated at a work table in a stone chamber.
The Ways of the Lonely Ones

An impossible company of long-limbed figures and bird-like creatures occupies a dark blue landscape. — Jean de Bosschere
An impossible company of long-limbed figures and bird-like creatures occupies a dark blue landscape.
The City Curious

The title rises through a pale blue sky between branching forms. — William Blake
The title rises through a pale blue sky between branching forms.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

An inverted body and an orange airborne figure turn around a blue curling form. — William Blake
An inverted body and an orange airborne figure turn around a blue curling form.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

A nude seated figure twists before two pale pyramids beneath a blue sky. — William Blake
A nude seated figure twists before two pale pyramids beneath a blue sky.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

A foreground swordsman below large figures riding elevated decorated chariots, in deep blue light. — Frank E. Schoonover
A swordsman stands in the foreground below large figures riding elevated, decorated vehicles.
A Princess of Mars

A tiny figure lifts a round form above a bright yellow disc, surrounded by rings of blue and green. — Dugald Stewart Walker
A tiny figure lifts a round form above a bright yellow disc, surrounded by rings of blue and green.
Dream Boats and Other Stories

A young man lies on a purple carpet beside a seated woman in gold, blue and violet garments. — Edmund Dulac
A young man lies on a purple carpet beside a seated woman in gold, blue and violet garments.
The Dreamer of Dreams

A dark-haired woman holds a single white flower beside a long trailing veil. — Edmund Dulac
A dark-haired woman holds a single white flower beside a long trailing veil.
Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross

A dark-haired maiden lifts enormous wings above a long blue-green robe and a train of peacock feathers. — Warwick Goble
A dark-haired maiden lifts enormous wings above a long blue-green robe and a train of peacock feathers.
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

Two dark-clothed figures recline on low floating supports between immense blue-grey cliffs. — W. Heath Robinson
Two dark-clothed figures recline on low floating supports between immense blue-grey cliffs.
A Song of the English

A pale woman rises from the sea with a great blue cloth streaming around her head and shoulders. — W. Heath Robinson
A pale woman rises from the sea with a great blue cloth streaming around her head and shoulders.
A Song of the English

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