In the complex mythology of William Blake, Urizen is the embodiment of conventional reason and law.

In Blake's reworking of his mythical system, Urizen is one of the four Zoas that result from the division of the primordial man, Albion, and he continues to represent reason.

In Blake's myth, Urizen is joined by many daughters with three representing aspects of the body.

In many of Blake's books, Urizen is seen with four books that represent the various laws that he places upon humanity.

In Blake's original myth, Urizen, the representation of abstractions and an abstraction of the human self, is the first entity.

Los's duty within the work is to watch over Urizen and serve as his opposition.

Eventually, Urizen is able to destroy his rebellious son and impose laws upon the Israelites in the form of the Ten Commandments.

Symbolically, the Orc cycle describes how Urizen and Orc are part of one unified whole with Urizen representing the destructive and older essence while Orc is the young and creative essence.

In Blake's later myth, Urizen is one of the four Zoas, the fourfold division of God.

Urizen, like mankind, is bound by these chains.

In Blake's early myths, they dwell in various cities and do not abide by Urizen's laws ; Fuzon directly rebels against Urizen, is able to cut Urizen's loins, and is crucified for his actions.

Urizen is described as having multiple books: Gold, Silver, Iron, and Brass.

The character Urizen is first directly mentioned in Blake's " A Song of Liberty " ( 1793 ) where he is first described in his dispute with Orc.

He is mentioned later that year in Europe a Prophecy and it is in the work that Urizen is freed from his bounds and he opens the Book of Brass in response to the American revolution.

In the Book of Urizen, Urizen is an eternal self focused being that creates itself out of eternity, and, it is only Urizen, the representation of abstractions and is an abstraction of the human self that exists in the beginning.

In terms of Blake's Orc cycle, Urizen serves as a Satanic force similar to Milton's Satan.

Urizen originates in the beginning of Blake's version of Genesis.

Urizen appears within Blake's illustrations of Job as an image of Apollo.

Urizen has clear similarities with the creature called the Demiurge by Gnostic sects, who is likewise largely derived of the Old Testament god ( more specifically, like Blake's Urizen, the demiurge is a radical remodelling of that figure achieved by expanding that figure's original contextual setting, or by removing him to one that is almost completely new ).

Speculative Freemasonry is another possible source of Blake's imagery for Urizen ; Blake was attracted to the Masonic and Druidic speculations of William Stukeley.

In Blake's poem, Urizen falls, unable to bear the battle in heaven he has provoked.

As such, Orc and Urizen appear in their evolution from one to the other in the " Seven Eyes of God ", or the seven historical cycles of Blake's myth.

William Blake's " prophetic works " ( e. g. Vala, or The Four Zoas ) contain a rich panoply of original gods, such as Urizen, Orc, Los, Albion, Rintrah, Ahania and Enitharmon.

* Ona ( Blake ), daughter of Urizen in William Blake's mythology.

Originally, Urizen represented one half of a two-part system, with him representing reason and Los, his opposition, representing imagination.

The rest of the Eternals in turn become indignant at Urizen turning against eternity, and they instill these essences of sin within Urizen's creation.

This torments Urizen, and Los soon after appears.

After Urizen defeats the serpent / Orc figure in the Garden of Eden story, the Orc figure, in the form of Urizen's son Fuzon, battles against him in a story based on Exodus.

Urizen, as a pillar of cloud that hinders the Israelites in their journey home, battles against Fuzon, as a pillar of fire that guides them by night.

This also leads to a death of the Israeli culture, and the Israelites under Urizen are imprisoned in a similar manner to how they were under the Egyptians.

When Albion asks for him, Urizen refuses and hides, which causes him to experience his fall.

After his fall, Urizen set about creating the material world and his jealousy of mankind brought forth both Wrath and Justice.

After Luvah falls and becomes Orc, Urizen tries to regain his horses but can only witness them bound.

Within the early works, Urizen represents the chains of reason that are imposed on the mind.

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