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@zendogbreath ZDB, I’m still not used to messaging here. Just noticed your msg to me. Yeah, I’m curious about a few ‘deletions’ that happened AS the comment was posted. (Not like the standard ‘modded’ notification.) The ‘instant’ deletion would imply either someone camping-out between members and the site, or ‘personal attention’… View
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BlueWren posted an update 9 years, 1 month ago
@goshawks so, Tolkien in my opinion, had his finger on the button. He either KNEW something was coming in the wings, OR his intuition served him so well to create a terrible world filled with the most gruesome potential that is so relevant today. His work covers a lot of today’s moral issues too: machines/technology, the occult, the creation of…[Read more]
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his worldbase on Europe and the War based on the upcoming industrialisation and machination of war (automatic rifle, machines guns mortars etc) are indeed issues addressed by Tolkien – One wonders why he came up with an elvic language.
I’ll remember to ask the Islanders if they see anything with their Elves when I go..
iZeta, I have a soft spot for Tolkien because I believe he had either knowledge or encounters with otherworldly ‘natives’ within Britain. In other words, “LotR” and “Silmarillion” are as much ‘guidebooks’ as novels.
I toured Britain several times with groups to go to ‘sacred places’ (not cathedrals, etc).
as a ps… A HUGE amount of holy sites got burnt down and had Cathedrals built on top of them. If you’re looking for I think you’re looking for.. and you can get past all the Ethelberts and Ecberts and Etheldredas (they had such lovely names…) start looking for the oldest graves.. … (the ones even the church feared to crush and crumple underfoot..)
I had several ‘meetings’ with unseen-folk (to ordinary eyes) not too different from his books.
As GDS is mainly for intellectual analysis, I do not mention this aspect of my life. Nevertheless, Tolkien was definitely on-to something…
what aspect of your life isnt up for intellectual analysis? I’m going elf hunting (that is… go looking for) when I’m going to Iceland.
Good point