Comments on: J. R. R. Tolkien – One Ring http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Sat, 18 May 2013 16:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: eldyheart http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29372 eldyheart Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:08:44 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29372 That is so cool! Love it! ~ eldyheart That is so cool!

Love it!

~ eldyheart

]]> By: Subhan Ali http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29286 Subhan Ali Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:25:34 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29286 R/Ivan, I am wordless to commend your commentary and the poem you put up to read....... Subhan Ali, Ghaziabad UP, India R/Ivan,
I am wordless to commend your commentary and the poem you put up to read…….

Subhan Ali, Ghaziabad UP, India

]]> By: Mani http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29114 Mani Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:29:31 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29114 You are right, as a young person I could not read Tolkien's books, now much older, maybe I should try, thank you for unraveling the mystery. Thank you. You are right, as a young person I could not read Tolkien’s books, now much older, maybe I should try, thank you for unraveling the mystery. Thank you.

]]> By: Teala http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29100 Teala Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:01:34 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29100 Innumerable rings Of power Only Gold Thank you Ivan for your insightful commentary! Much love, Teala Innumerable rings
Of power
Only Gold

Thank you Ivan for your insightful commentary!

Much love,
Teala

]]> By: Gudiashri http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29074 Gudiashri Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:36:28 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29074 Grrrreat commentary! Thank You. Grrrreat commentary! Thank You.

]]> By: Old Oak http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29063 Old Oak Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:47:48 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29063 Thanks for your choices and today's insights - love your work! I had similar experiences with TLOTR and concur totally with your findings of how it resonates with a mature mind and also your summary of Tolkeinian wisdom. Thanks for your choices and today’s insights – love your work! I had similar experiences with TLOTR and concur totally with your findings of how it resonates with a mature mind and also your summary of Tolkeinian wisdom.

]]> By: Barb http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29059 Barb Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:18:59 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29059 Our significant presence in the world can be measured by our ability to love unconditionally. Unfortunately, to love unconditionally remains a lifestyle that few are willing or able to embrace. Our significant presence in the world can be measured by our ability to love unconditionally. Unfortunately, to love unconditionally remains a lifestyle that few are willing or able to embrace.

]]> By: Yewtree http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2011/06/03/j-r-r-tolkien-one-ring/#comment-29052 Yewtree Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:03:33 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-29052 This is a really good commentary on the meaning of <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, Ivan. What I particularly like about it is that even in the midst of horror and despair, the good characters manage to show compassion and hobbitry / dwarvity /elfity (the hobbit / dwarf / elf equivalent of humanity?) and [spoiler alert] that it is Frodo's act of compassion towards Gollum that makes the story come out right in the end (albeit not for Gollum). Also the way that the light of Eru Iluvatar seems to shine through everything, so that although Eru seems to be a transcendent deity, the descriptions of Middle Earth are so luminous that it is as if Eru is immanent in it. This is a really good commentary on the meaning of The Lord of the Rings, Ivan. What I particularly like about it is that even in the midst of horror and despair, the good characters manage to show compassion and hobbitry / dwarvity /elfity (the hobbit / dwarf / elf equivalent of humanity?) and [spoiler alert] that it is Frodo’s act of compassion towards Gollum that makes the story come out right in the end (albeit not for Gollum). Also the way that the light of Eru Iluvatar seems to shine through everything, so that although Eru seems to be a transcendent deity, the descriptions of Middle Earth are so luminous that it is as if Eru is immanent in it.

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