Blake Rising - a spot of lunchtime necromancy?

Walking through Bunhill Fields Burial Ground yesterday lunchtime, I saw a curious stone, a burnt stub of a candle and a scattering of red rose petals.

"How lovely," I thought. "Someone has been honouring the grave of William Blake."

I went a bit closer to take a picture, but when I read what was on the stone I became just a little concerned at the phrasing of the words.

"Blake Rising
Bunhill Fields
Weds 12 August
1pm"

Rather than simply showing their respects to London's visionary artist and poet, was the perpetrator of this ritual actually hoping he would rise from the grave? Was this a spot of lunchtime necromancy?

While I admire Blake's creative spirit, I'm not sure I want to encounter his undead lumbering corpse next time I take my sandwiches and sit on a bench at Bunhill Fields in my break from work.

Perhaps I should take along a packet of that pink Himalayan salt I wrote about a few weeks back to ward myself from any rotting zombies I may meet.

But if I do, I will certainly write all about it on A Bad Witch's Blog.

Links:
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/02/green-and-pleasant-land.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2008/08/invasion-of-giant-slugs.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/07/in-pink-with-pinch-of-salt.html