Modern psychology has gained much information from Blake's understanding on how man deals with the warring contraries in his mind (Natoli 248). Natoli notes that contraries are mental opposites, which exist together in a regenerated state (249). A regenerated state occurs when the contraries exist together creating immense power and perception. Blake has depicted this process to regeneration based on the conflict between contraries (Natoli 249). He focuses primarily on the inner states of man who was whole once, but became divided when reason began to dominate his mind (Natoli 249). Songs of Innocence and Experience reveals the journey from innocence to experience and man's potential when his mind has been opened and he has reached a regenerated state.…
