The Istari's Magic.......and other beings?

[Son of Fire]

Don't forget also that Beorn and his descendants were shapeshifters, using magic and being magicians, but not wizards as that was te name saved for the istari. There were sorcerers and magicians as welll as witches (ie the witch king). The witch thing confuses me a little because male witches are warlocks, bu they still called the Lord of the Nazgul a witch. As for the Blue Wizards, I remember reading that they both started cults (in letters) and later, in UT that Tolkien backed off and said they weren't al bad and helped intheir own capacity, not starting cults, but pulling people form the worship of Morgoth and confusing their help for Sauron, fulfilling their mission. i guess he decided to make there be a coupl more good guys other than Gandalf in the Istari who succeeded in their mission.

[ April 09, 2003: Message edited by: Son of Fire ]