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Old 10-29-2008, 11:30 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by lindil
As for the layers of M-E glimpsed one behind the other in TH, LOtR, Silm, UT etc. sooner or later one will reach the end of the story, and we must choose one of 3 things:

*go back to page one of TH
*go back to life and see how we can approach it in a more real/magical/virtuous, etc fashion
*log into the Downs
Ah, lindil. Thank you for saying so. I have been ravenous for, if not eucatastrophe, at least revelation. And so back-- not to Tolkien, but through or behind him, to St John and St Paul; back to the Ainulindale, forward to the Final Music-- the soul of Valinor is Agape, even to the elves strewing jewels on the sands, the shining of Valinor is Shekinah-- ...Lord, Enlighten me.

But even then I still log onto the Downs, or listen-- one more time-- to "Use Well the Days".
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