What is paradable?

Answer 1

Paradism: The practice of paradism originates with William Blake and his wife Catherine. One Spring, William and Catherine were discovered in the garden pavilion behind their small house, by an unexpected visitor, appropriately named 'Butts', naked. They were alternately reading passages of Milton to each other. This nakedness is representative of the status of mankind before the Fall, and the process is fortified by the reading of appropriate poetry. Something of the spirit of paradism is captured by Blake’s words: "The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion." It should not escape the careful reader’s attention that Blake often capitalizes the divine attributes. Paradism is usually undertaken out-doors, in verdant environments, although Winter paradism sometimes occurs indoors. Please note that all spiritual benefit of paradism is sacrificed if the practice turns post-Fall, and licentiousness ensues. For this reason, the reading of Whitman is discouraged during paradism. (Something about the rhythm of verse like: "You lithe matador in the arena at Seville!/ You mountaineer living lawlessly on the Taurus or Caucasus!/ You Bohk horse-herd watching your mares and stallions feeding!/ You beautiful bodied Persian at full speed in the saddle shooting arrows to the mark!" has been known to overcome the spiritual resolve of Blaketashi couples in their early 90s.)