Actually, Noxomanus, there is reason to believe that a lesser Maia (which Saruman was compared to Sauron) could be enslaved by the Dark Lord, as Tolkien himself put forth the idea that perhaps the Blue Istari were ensnared and enslaved by Sauron when they traveled into the East.
__________________
...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
|