Title page from Illustrations of the Book of Job
Title:Title page from Illustrations of the Book of Job
Artist:William Blake
Date:1825
Creation Place:Europe, England
Credit Line:The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number:P.5,862
A flight of seven angels descends, then rises again corresponding to the underground course of the sun. They symbolize the path of experience-the states which Job passes. Clockwise from the right, they are Lucifer, a man in his original state of selfhood; Molech, the Executioner; Elohim, the Judge of others; Shaddai, the Accuser; Pahad, man's honor at the results of infernal justice; Jehova, the institutor of the laws of conduct; Jesus, the Savior.