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Originally Posted by Beanamir of Gondor
It's obviously another thread topic, but I think the idea of Gandalf as a Messianic figure is going a bit far, MatthewM. "Coming back from the dead" is sticky terminology... did he really enter the halls of Mandos? (Agh! More Valar!) Or was it just a transitional phase?
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Well, I didn't say that Gandalf was a Messianic figure, but there is
no doubt a connection with the transcendental here. As Raynor quoted Letter #156, Gandalf really "died."