Tolkien and Psychedelics - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TheGreatElvenWarrior · 01-16-2013, 12:56 PM

You're right, Lal! Maddo certainly is creepy.

Sindarin Shaman · 02-07-2013, 06:09 PM

Sardy, thanks for that article link from reality sandwhich. Brilliant article....summarizes my sentiments regarding this visionary element in Tolkien's work...which is the very essence of his work. And that is the reason I am so drawn to Tolkien's work...it's beyond his work, it's what his work so eloquently and compellingly points to: illumination.

Psychedelics are not the point...they are the tools. Tolkien didn't use them, but that is irrelevant. It is the visionary experience that is the point.

01-16-2013, 12:56 PM	#1
TheGreatElvenWarrior Mighty Quill Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walking off to look for America Posts: 2,230	You're right, Lal! Maddo certainly is creepy. __________________ The Party Doesn't Start Until You're Dead.

02-07-2013, 06:09 PM	#2
Sindarin Shaman Newly Deceased Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2	Sardy, thanks for that article link from reality sandwhich. Brilliant article....summarizes my sentiments regarding this visionary element in Tolkien's work...which is the very essence of his work. And that is the reason I am so drawn to Tolkien's work...it's beyond his work, it's what his work so eloquently and compellingly points to: illumination. Psychedelics are not the point...they are the tools. Tolkien didn't use them, but that is irrelevant. It is the visionary experience that is the point.