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Revelation. During the Final Judgment, Urizen lets go over his feud with Vala and Luvah, which restores him to his former glory. After Albion is regenerated, Luvah and Vala are made servants of the restored Urizen.
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189:Damon 1988 pp. 428–431
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104:Vala, or The Four Zoas
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1129:Life of William Blake
1019:Descriptive Catalogue
726:Auguries of Innocence
655:The French Revolution
459:The Little Girl Found
292:All Religions are One
285:An Island in the Moon
204:The Visionary Company
144:Bloom 1993 pp. 32, 60
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454:The Little Girl Lost
366:The Little Boy Found
346:The Little Black Boy
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602:America a Prophecy
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524:The Human Abstract
509:The Garden of Love
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820:Golgonooza
810:Enitharmon
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406:Infant Joy
197:References
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990:The Grave
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579:Prophetic
549:To Tirzah
504:The Lilly
489:The Tyger
484:The Angel
66:Orc cycle
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30:Emanation
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