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"The Sad Truth Of Tolkien Spirituality"
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<blockquote data-quote="john the youngest" data-source="post: 76800658" data-attributes="member: 444829"><p>I don't think much of it. A lot of Lotr, and especially the hobbit, was based on play, and he wrote the hobbit for his children originally. In fact, Tolkien originally wanted to include an actual map of the mountain with invisible ink -- things that are fun just for being fun. Likewise, his books are full of riddles, and puns that a linguist would probable love, and which a lot of people still don't get.</p><p></p><p>I've often thought that people into "spells" must have had a defective childhood and just don't understand what play and fun is, or imagination or pretending. Actually, a good dose of getting them to understand that Tolkien was having fun and writing for children - to actually get it - might cure them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john the youngest, post: 76800658, member: 444829"] I don't think much of it. A lot of Lotr, and especially the hobbit, was based on play, and he wrote the hobbit for his children originally. In fact, Tolkien originally wanted to include an actual map of the mountain with invisible ink -- things that are fun just for being fun. Likewise, his books are full of riddles, and puns that a linguist would probable love, and which a lot of people still don't get. I've often thought that people into "spells" must have had a defective childhood and just don't understand what play and fun is, or imagination or pretending. Actually, a good dose of getting them to understand that Tolkien was having fun and writing for children - to actually get it - might cure them. [/QUOTE]
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