A New Understanding of the Blakes' Spirit World

and the Underlying Aim of William's Creativity

A Lecture by John Diamond, M.D.

At the May 2011 meeting of the Blake Society 

6.30 pm Tuesday 17 May 2011

The City of Westminster Archives Centre

10 St. Ann's Street, London SW1P 2DE - just off Parliament Square

William Blake

Dr. John Diamond - a leading authority in holistic medicine and the bond between the arts and health - offers a challenging perspective of the unconscious, the underlying motive beneath all of Blake's creativity, and clears the way for a new understanding of the Spirit World of both William and Catherine.

Dr. Diamond is a pioneering figure in alternative and holistic medicine, whose remarkable body of work embraces a wide range of disciplines, the result of fifty years of research and clinical practice, aiming at helping people overcome problems relating to body, mind and spirit.

He is a Fellow and past President of the International Academy of Preventive Medicine, a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry, and Foundation Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He's also a bestselling author of over twenty books, including The Healing Power of Blake: A Distillation, which is available for purchase from our Life Energy Arts website.

William Blake's "Glad Day"

One of Dr. Diamond's consuming interests is the relationship between health and the arts, which he regards as an essential and major component of healing. He is the Founder and Director of The Arts-Health Institute and The Institute for Life Energy and Creativity.