William Blake

IEI-Q "Dreamteller" Poet / Printmaker · British · 18th–19th c.

English poet and printmaker (1757–1827). He published Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and the Prophetic Books as engraved and hand-coloured books he created entirely himself. Critiquing the Industrial Revolution and rationalism from a mystical perspective, he was virtually unrecognised in his lifetime. Rediscovered in the 19th century, he became a founding figure of English Romanticism — and later a patron saint of the counterculture.

Leading Function-Ni-p (Crisis & Fantasy)

Reporting God looking through the window at age 4, seeing angels harvesting at 8 — visionary experiences continuing throughout life. "Jerusalem," "Milton" — -Ni-p structural long-range sensing of the Industrial Revolution as "collapse and regeneration of empire."

Creative Function+Fe-c (Elation & Revelation)

"Songs of Innocence / Experience" — the contrast of childhood purity and corrupted society overwhelming readers' emotions. Creating illuminated books — fusing words and visual imagery as emotional revelation.

Vulnerable Function 1-Te-p weak (Optimization & Ingenuity)

Weak -Te-p: possessed craft skills as an engraver but commercially unsuccessful — perpetually impoverished. "Jerusalem" and other major works self-published at economic loss. Wife Catherine managing the practical work of hand-colouring prints.

Vulnerable Function 2+Si-c weak (Diligence & Care)

Weak +Si-c: weak in providing personal comfort and sensory human warmth. Concentration on introverted creation pushing outward sensory care to the background.

Quadra / Temperament / Club

Quadra: Beta Quadra (Empire) — worshipping Napoleon first as "an angel of liberation," later seeing him as "a demon of despotism" — an ambivalent relationship. "Building Jerusalem (the Kingdom of God)" as a grand Beta mission.

Temperament: Receptive-Adaptive temperament: emotional introspection and quiet adaptation to external turbulence. Moving to the next work by going with the flow rather than direct confrontation.

Club: Humanitarian-Artistic Club: poetry, prints, and prophetic books as forms. The artistic exploration of the human soul's liberation in Songs of Innocence and Experience.

Worldview & Attitude

"Imagination is God and the essence of the world" — mystical optimism. A worldview that sees structural dangers and trusts creative imagination as the redemptive response.

Attitude toward Change: Small practical transformation through self-invented printing technology and the hope of poetry as directional pointing.