ABSTRACT
The closeness of the opening of Ahania to the end of Urizen, in contrast with the inconsistencies between The Book of Los and Urizen, suggest the order followed in this edition. The poem, also preserved in a unique copy, was printed, like Ahania, by conventional etching. The poem, also preserved in a unique copy, was printed, like Ahania, by conventional etching. Los is found watching Urizen's shadow; but soon his indignation an error prophets are prone to gets the better of him. He is angry, chained as he is, at the freedom of the flames of eternal life around him. Los begins his blacksmith's labours, and creates a brilliant globe which is yet an illusion. To it he binds Urizen's spine as if it were a heart, and an illusory pseudo-human form begins to develop round the spine and the sun-heart.
