He recounts a vision in which Blake told him to let himself go and fall backwards; he dived backwards like a meteor into infinity, came to a stillness, and saw a single man approaching with a heart aflame like a ruby who, as he neared, contained the whole of humanity — Neville understanding himself to be the one man who fell.
Date (happened)
before 28 November 1969
unresolved
before 1969
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [546601] belong to telling lecture nids [1844]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1969 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1969 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 28 November 1969
estimated · possible
Why
M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 045): its source node 1844 does not exist on www: left off; bound with no source: written as estimated with the reader's reasoning
Reasoning
Lecture 1844's delivery is certain at 1969-11-28; this completed vision necessarily predates it, matching the correction applied to sibling event 18035.
Told / reported
28 November 1969
estimated · probable
Reasoning
Passage 546601 is Neville recounting, in his own voice, Blake telling him to fall backwards into the vision of universal humanity -- this is the telling. The owning lecture nid=1844 is dated 1969-11-28 by its single, well-reasoned delivery claim, so the telling inherits that date at the same exact/probable precision.
Sources
Source
- Christian Mystery Experienced Biblethroughneville ¶71 (This night when Blake said to me, “Let yourself go, fall backwards” he emphasized backwards, and so like diving off a very high platform. Well, this was not just a high platform, this was diving off into infinity. I dived like a meteor falling through sp…)