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"Hear the four of them..."

  • The Four Zoas - found in the complex mythology of William Blake. The primeval man, Albion, whose fall and division results in the Four Zoas: Urizen, Tharmas, Luvah, and Los/Urthona. The name derives from the ancient and mythological name of the British Isles.
  • four zones: the four traditional divisions of Ireland
  • koan: paradoxical Zen riddle