Tolkien was a deeply Christian man, and more specifically a catholic. Catholicism in England, especially at the time, was associated with nobility and older blood lines. This passage more than likely referred to his disdain for modernity and desire to transcend the material world and ascend to heaven. That's what LOTR was about- a mythological story that while not explicitly Christian in the text, it is undeniably Christian in its themes.
Rings for the kings of men, that got corrupted by sauron and betrayed their own.
Just like the kings of europe betrayed their nations for vatican gold and slaugtered their own people who refused to worship the israelitesus in the northern crusades.
Rings for the kings of men, that got corrupted by sauron and betrayed their own.
Just like the kings of europe betrayed their nations for vatican gold and slaugtered their own people who refused to worship the israelitesus in the northern crusades.
That's weird cause we know now that Catholics are all pedophiles
I guess an old "wizard" hanging out w/"hobbits" makes sense now
An allegory for the children Tolkien no doubt sodomized
ASOIAF is superior though, no matter how much christcuck nerds seethe. Closing your eyes and acting like the world is some other way doesn’t make you right, and not everyone is terrible in GoT. They do what they have to survive in dangerous times, just like the real world.
>stories of ancestors
If by that you mean pre-christian stuff, then unlike in Ireland and Scandinavian, the monks here wiped it out and there is no actual historical evidence of what my ancestors actually believed, unless you credit post-soviet neopagan schizos
The Divine Council are understood as being deities in Genesis, each with their own chosen people. there’s no problem acknowledging them, it’s only when the Israelites, and later Christians under the new covenant, make idols in their name and praise them before God the father that it is a problem.
And Tolkien never does this in any of his books as far as I’m aware. He’s merely conscious of the fact that a pantheon does exist and is made expressly clear it does, yet they are all subservient to the creator God - In his series, Eur Iluvatar.
lord of the rings is basically a kid from the idyllic countryside coping with world war 1 trauma, the dead marches for instance are said to be inspired directly by the craters created by artillery shells filled with water with dead soldiers in them.
what he got right uncosciously is a different story though.
>The quote is from The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (p. 204, Ultramarine Publishing, 1979) by eminent fantasy and science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, known to be a Tolkien admirer.
The more I look into his writings and his work in general, the more I get the impression that there are multiple layers of information and knowledge to be extracted.
From the symbolism of the all-seeing Evil Eye, to the divine origins of the elves and the dark origins of the orcs, the hidden history of the dwarves and the Druid mysticism of the magicians, there's plenty to discover and understand. I also have the impression that he has infused his work with powerful yet beneficial esotericism.
>What did he know?
Freedom is life, life is joy
What Terry Pratchett knew about magic?
I found the idea of the power of words interesting in his works. What did he mean by it?
he didnt write fiction
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Tolkien was a deeply Christian man, and more specifically a catholic. Catholicism in England, especially at the time, was associated with nobility and older blood lines. This passage more than likely referred to his disdain for modernity and desire to transcend the material world and ascend to heaven. That's what LOTR was about- a mythological story that while not explicitly Christian in the text, it is undeniably Christian in its themes.
Then why does his lore clearly depict yhvh and jesus as morgoth and sauron?
If you actually believe this and it isn’t bait, you might be legally retarded.
Rings for the kings of men, that got corrupted by sauron and betrayed their own.
Just like the kings of europe betrayed their nations for vatican gold and slaugtered their own people who refused to worship the israelitesus in the northern crusades.
Clear as day. Sauron is jesus.
Are you implying that religions are made up nonsense to control people and can be easily manipulated to hurt or kill people?
That's weird cause we know now that Catholics are all pedophiles
I guess an old "wizard" hanging out w/"hobbits" makes sense now
An allegory for the children Tolkien no doubt sodomized
So edgy, I bet you're the scariest user around at Reddit
ASOIAF is superior though, no matter how much christcuck nerds seethe. Closing your eyes and acting like the world is some other way doesn’t make you right, and not everyone is terrible in GoT. They do what they have to survive in dangerous times, just like the real world.
that bureaucracy is cringe
It's literally Norse religion and myth with a bit of Catholicism jammed in. Learn the stories of ancestors instead of DnD shite for children.
>stories of ancestors
If by that you mean pre-christian stuff, then unlike in Ireland and Scandinavian, the monks here wiped it out and there is no actual historical evidence of what my ancestors actually believed, unless you credit post-soviet neopagan schizos
One ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.
Yep. Morgoth is yhvh. Sauron is jesus.
Sneeding christcucks fail to see the pagan symbolism and racial truth in LOTR
The Divine Council are understood as being deities in Genesis, each with their own chosen people. there’s no problem acknowledging them, it’s only when the Israelites, and later Christians under the new covenant, make idols in their name and praise them before God the father that it is a problem.
Cont.
And Tolkien never does this in any of his books as far as I’m aware. He’s merely conscious of the fact that a pantheon does exist and is made expressly clear it does, yet they are all subservient to the creator God - In his series, Eur Iluvatar.
nothing
>money lenders
obviously biblical reference
lord of the rings is basically a kid from the idyllic countryside coping with world war 1 trauma, the dead marches for instance are said to be inspired directly by the craters created by artillery shells filled with water with dead soldiers in them.
what he got right uncosciously is a different story though.
https://thetolkienist.com/2014/01/03/not-a-tolkien-quote-fantasy-is-escapist-and-that-is-its-glory/
>The quote is from The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction (p. 204, Ultramarine Publishing, 1979) by eminent fantasy and science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin, known to be a Tolkien admirer.
You've failed me for the last time, /x/.
The more I look into his writings and his work in general, the more I get the impression that there are multiple layers of information and knowledge to be extracted.
From the symbolism of the all-seeing Evil Eye, to the divine origins of the elves and the dark origins of the orcs, the hidden history of the dwarves and the Druid mysticism of the magicians, there's plenty to discover and understand. I also have the impression that he has infused his work with powerful yet beneficial esotericism.