The Book of Job has been used to retell the Christian story, as with Carl Jung's Answer to Job. It can also be sought for what it says about suffering.The Hebrew tale inspired William Blake in a distinctive, brilliant way. It helped him to diagnose the modern predicament and its religious errors. Job's suffering and patience led Blake to a mature statement of his spiritual perception, found in his 21 illustrations.In this set of reflections, I ask what Blake shows us in each of his plates, and how Blake charts a path from a mistaken religiosity of rite and righteousness to one of awakening and participation in the human form divine.Creation is not about separation, Blake avers, but manifestation. Christianity is not about sin but sleep. Humanity does not enlarge God's consciousness. Rather, humanity can awaken to its being-in-God.0:00 Blake’s take on Job4:45 Critique of righteous religiosity9:44 Satan or selfhood unleashed12:58 The spectre in the world16:07 Job’s incomprehension18:29 The wastes of moral law21:53 Job’s inner undoing24:06 Self-righteousness fails27:12 Job bewails his alienated being28:50 The false god of rule and order31:07 Job embraces unknowing33:06 The darkness of transformation38:00 Youthful stirrings of a new age40:51 Job’s whirlwind ecstasy42:59 Reality revealed47: 33 The lesson of wonder49:45 Selfhood falls to truth51:55 The human divine54:13 Perception as guide55:51 The effects of awakening57:55 The realisation of abundance59:10 Eternal life

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