Elven "Magic" Abilties?

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Originally Posted by Belegorn

I would think, and this is only a guess, that any powers that the Dunedain exhibited they inherited in part from the Elves. It is said that the King's have "hands of a healer". Aragorn's ability seems to be similar to some sort of "faith healing".

Then again, Númenor was said to have had advanced knowledge of medicine, so it's not inconceivable that some of that survived to the Third Age with the Northern Dúnedain and the Gondorians.
Aragorn's "kingly" ability would seem to have been derived from lineage of both Elves and Melian the Maia. Note that Aragorn refers to Elrond as the "eldest of our race", and thus had the greatest healing power.

Originally Posted by Belegorn

The people in Gondor then talked about the healing hands of the king when Faramir was healed. I'd suppose that the Elves have this ability in some manner.

Glorfindel certainly had some power to help Frodo's Morgul-wound. And I seem to recall Beleg of Doriath showing some ability of healing in the First Age.