Venus, thanks. I am not very familiar with the book, so as Joseph said, I didn't really know all that at the point where I was watching it. Let me ask my...
In a message dated 30/12/2003 14:42:58 GMT Standard Time, insearch@... ... Agnes, In crossword puzzles, "Hades" is commonly used as a synonym of "Hell". ...
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... Saruman escapes the Ents (without his staff) and takes his revenge on the Shire. It is left to Sam, Merry and Pippin to organise a revolt (Frodo is too...
Go, Faramir! He was my favourite too - in the BOOK... j-a ... From: David Gould To: mythoself-tm@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 2:43 AM ...
Agnes, In crossword puzzles, "Hades" is commonly used as a synonym of "Hell". Des, in ancient Greek mythology, Hades just meant "Invisible", and was not...
Ämne: Re: SV: [mythoself-tm] Re: Return of the King Lookie here! ... and me thinking all along that you didn't like all those long stories ... "extravagances"...
j-ann, Agnes & Dave, Thank you for your insights that appear form the book to hold out more whilst the consensus appears to be that film as presented does a...
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... I loved the first film - I thought every character was spot-on, apart from possibly Elrond (but you try playing a 6,000 year old elven lord). Considering...
Hi Mike, I've held my reply to your question hoping that someone who knows more about this stuff than I do would answer. I've taken the Mythoself course, but...
Hi Des, ... represent the ... leader for the ... having ... Tolkien always held that he was not writing an allegory, so I don't think he held any such vision...
Hi Dave, My husband tells me that Tolkien fashioned Frodo and Sam after a couple of privates he knew during WWI. It's interesting that their lot is very much...
Venus, Subsequent to asking the question I found a quote somewhere that said that what Tolkein intended was writing a fairy tale for adults. Thanks Des OPTIMA...
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Jan 5, 2004 4:32 pm
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... Venus - many thanks. You get a million bonus points for answering when nobody else has. And, living from intent as you describe, you are more than...
Is Tolkein saying that the different kingdom's on Middle Earth represent the different nations on earth? Des, We can only surmise the intentions of Tolkien the...
... Lara, Teleology was quite tough for me to figure out. The word itself "teleo - logy" means the study of "teleos", the study of design or purpose, (teleos...
In a message dated 05/01/2004 18:01:46 GMT Standard Time, insearch@... ... Agnes, Thank you for your inspring passages!! In another of your passages your ...
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Hi Agnes Thank u for xplaining 'teleology' for me and for responding 2 my question. A lot of what u said I was able 2 relate 2 and it also made me even more...
Des Is Tolkein saying that the different kingdom's on Middle Earth represent the different nations on earth? Without going into loads of detail, I have a book...
Hi, I just finished watching "Seabiscuit" (Seabiscuit was a horse) ... an incredible movie and near-perfect example of (one of?) the "great American myth(s)."...
J-Ann, Thanks for the depths that you go with your juicy offerings. Thanks Des OPTIMA BES OPTIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS ..... 34 Abbots Road, Abbots Langley Herts,...
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... Re: [mythoself-tm] unsubscribe please Sue and others who want out... Please stop asking us to do your work for you. Every email youve received from this...
... which will most ... are ... your ... presents ... into ... is ... So if I had been operating with INTENT, would I have chosen a character to DTI with in a...
He was Boromir's brother - the one who died at the end of the first film. Son of the Stewart of Gondor - i.e. ruling Gondor until the king (Aragorn) came back...
Frieda, many thanks. In amongst all the Tolkein content, I'm trying(!) to make sense of my experience - but not to take it too far, because it's just one film...
Following on from my musings about creation myths, which in a fair number of cases seem to incorporate a "flawed creation" where an evil entity arises, or...
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