Thread 40769641

For the past several days, I've been obsessed with William Blake, one of the greatest poets and mystics of the early modern era. I've been studying his theological writings and prophecies, and I couldn't help but notice some striking similarities between him and Chris Chan, another fascination of mine. I think that both Blake and Chris found a tremendous mysticism, namely the empirical reality of the imagination and its capability to perceive the supernatural and theological.

William Blake faced spiritual visions throughout his life, starting at age 4 and continuing through the rest of his career. He saw God, angels, and Satan at various points, and these experiences shaped his mystical poetry and prose. Drawing from his two main works of systematic theology, "All Religions are One" and "There is No Natural Religion", I believe I have summed up his theological approach as such: Knowledge is empirical, yet our natural senses only reveal finite phenomena, hence mankind possesses what Blake calls Poetic Genius (also known as imagination), which allows mankind to perceive the infinite in all things, and thus perceive God. Some atheists and crypto-atheists (like the “Death of God” theologians) have taken this teaching to mean that all spirituality is imaginary and thus lacks ontological reality, but they have fundamentally misunderstood Blake's argument. Blake was no atheist: he instead believed that the imagination (or as he dubbed it, Poetic Genius) allowed mankind to perceive an infinite scope of entities beyond the limits of our ordinary perception. This theology compelled him to outline an entire body of mythology and write countless spiritual books and prophecies, such as the Book of Thel and America: A Prophecy (this prophecy seemed to eerily predict the course of history after the American Revolution).

>>40769641 (OP)
After learning about Blake, I can't help but notice several striking similarities to Chris Chan. This isn't to imply that Chris had the same artistic merit as Blake, but rather, there seems to be a similarity of metaphysics and spirituality. Chris also had quasi-spiritual experiences at a young age, and he also found himself writing vast "mythologies" (even if they were all Nintendo-Sega knockoffs). Furthermore, he always seemed to assign an ontological reality to imaginary beings, and in recent years, this has evolved into his theories of the dimensional merge. However, there does seem to be one major difference between Blake and Chris: while Blake seemed to maintain his devotion to God, Chris has repeatedly descended to idolatry of his characters (from the very beginning, think "God-Bear") and eventually himself. This, alongside his other wicked works, suggest to me that his mysticism put him into contact with several malevolent entities, particularly one under the guise of Sonichu.

My basic theory is this: Blake was right in holding that mankind possessed poetic character that allows for perception of supernatural entities, and Chris then necessarily possessed that character. However, in a secular era where religious mysticism is discouraged, Chris's mysticism was confined to children's media, opening himself up to several demons, particularly one which came under the guise of Sonichu. While his writings and religious thoughts did reveal the ontological reality of the imagination that Blake once found, his worship of these malevolent entities drove him towards a life of horrific actions.

that is pretty great schizoposting OP, but i'd lean into it more
sure, don't imply chris chan is as powerful as blake, but also allow for another 10 to 20 years of additional works maybe? like you could imply that the greatest works of chris chan are still pending or something idk

>>40769661
Orc's revolution is still ongoing.

>>40769641 (OP)
CWC was Benjamin Franklin, plus there's so much more to get into.
but a little often forgot bit of christory is during the kacey saga, chris went out of his way to run over some random snake in his car, because "it might bite a kid or something".
what did he mean by that.

>>40769659
While his early comics are fun to read, they're not even remotely close to anything by Blake. Even if Chris may have stumbled upon similar spiritual insights to what Blake found, I don't think he has the capability to explore it to the same depth as Blake's theological and mystical writings. That being said, if someday Chris comes out with an entire book that systematizes what I might call "imaginary realism", I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

>>40769811
https://youtu.be/zshQWlX3u9M

"please ignore the serpent in canada, nothing is happening, nothing ever happens"

Associating William Blake with 'Chris Chan' is what the Powers-That-Be want to occur, apparently.

>>40772005
>in the dark, all cats are grey
hmmm yeah....

>>40772005
CWC wrote poetry too, though.

>>40769641 (OP)
>For the past several days, I've been obsessed with William Blake, one of the greatest poets and mystics of the early modern era. I've been studying his theological writings and prophecies, and I couldn't help but notice some striking similarities between him and Chris Chan
yeah. they're both faggots