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Originally Posted by Bb
I don't see where it necessarily follows that The relationship must therefore be one of love. Unless Tolkien means that only love can provide any kind of kindship between the two realms.
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I wondered about this too. The lines:
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The love of Faery is the love of love: a relationship towards all things. animate and inanimate, which includes love and respect, and removes or modifies a spirit of possession and domination. Without it even plain 'Utility' will in fact become less useful; or will turn to ruthlessness and lead only to mere power, ultimately destructive.
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made me wonder. Does Tolkien mean 'The human love
of (ie
for) Faery is the 'love of love' or that the love of Faery & its inhabitants
for Man & the human world is the 'love of love'? Or does it refer to the
state of 'love', which is the essential nature of Faery in general & of the Elves in particular, is the 'love of love' & when that 'love of love' is directed towards the Human world it manifests as a love of humanity & our world, but is not, in its nature, specifically focussed on us alone?
Or am I just rambling......