The Mind in the Cave and the Cave in the Mind This essay argues that Blake’s illuminated poem, Milton a Poem in 2 Books (1804-1811), exhibits characteristics of the hallucinations also encountered in the archaeology of rock paintings made during shamanic trances in the prehistoric period. The essay will particularly focus on the trance-like episode … Continue reading Blake as Shaman: The Neuroscience of Hallucinations and Milton’s Lark, by David Worrall