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**lindil** · 07-23-2003, 03:05 PM

Amarie, I am inclined to see the the Ainur [or at least The Valar, and , fallen or not as spiritually and physically 'self sufficient' whether incarnate or not.

Their spirits are so powerful that their bodies 'feed' of them. In a more powerful way than the Elves fea do to their own hroa [in O-K?].

This is my current thought and it mostly based on how I exrapolate the fact that the Silm/X states that the Ainur at festival time ate to re-inforce a symbol[ic relationship] they did not have too. Even Manwe and Varda who presumably along with at least Aule, would have spent a lot of time icarnate.

07-23-2003, 03:05 PM	#11
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	Amarie, I am inclined to see the the Ainur [or at least The Valar, and , fallen or not as spiritually and physically 'self sufficient' whether incarnate or not. Their spirits are so powerful that their bodies 'feed' of them. In a more powerful way than the Elves fea do to their own hroa [in O-K?]. This is my current thought and it mostly based on how I exrapolate the fact that the Silm/X states that the Ainur at festival time ate to re-inforce a symbol[ic relationship] they did not have too. Even Manwe and Varda who presumably along with at least Aule, would have spent a lot of time icarnate. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.