Talk:The Book of Thel

I updated the page to indicate sixteen copies total, three printed after 1815, per the introductory material to The Book of Thel in the v. 3 (The Early Illuminated Books) of The Illuminated Books Series by the William Blake Trust. See p. 73.

Interpretation of the Book of Thel - Neutrality Disputed
I notice that there is a fairly narrow, somewhat feminist interpretation of this work - citing a single source i.e: Historicization of Blake. This interpretation of the work as referring solely to motherhood as viewed from a 'hypocritical' and patriarchal perspective is definitely not a balanced or even widely held perspective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supernaut76 (talk • contribs) 02:43, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

RobotBoy66 (talk) 10:01, 15 September 2017 (UTC) I agree with the above comment about the questionable nature of the interpretation of the poem end. The interpretation, in fact, is not just 'narrow' but a rather tendentious and ridiculous misreading of the entire poem, a misreading that goes against the general body of Blake criticism and draws from an extremely dated source (one that is nearly a half-century old!). I've been limiting my comments to the talk page until I became familiar with Wiki standards, but this interpretation is so egregiously awful that I guess I'll have to jump into the deep end.

Please, William Blake Task Force, fix this awful article! D: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Powerdonne (talk • contribs) 14:05, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Six months later, that clump of ludicrousness is still there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.50.121.240 (talk) 15:33, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

'Golden Bowl'
Presumably the reference to the 'golden bowl' in the Motto alludes in some way to Ecclesiastes 12:6? Are there any theories on what Blake intended by the allusion?109.150.6.199 (talk) 23:09, 21 January 2017 (UTC)