The West Wind Comes Walking: A Lord of the Rings Story
The little ones…the little ones were in danger… Boromir, still on his knees, clutches at the dead leaves around him, his thoughts turning from his desperation to claim the Ring for his father’s…
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Aragorn the Lover: Union with the Beloved and the Call to Greatness
Halbarad, the Ranger of the North, bears a gift for Aragorn. It is a thing of mystery, “close furled in a black cloth bound about with many thongs”. And there is a message with it…
“Stand, Men of the West!”: The Virtue of Chivalry in Middle-Earth
“I bow not yet before the Iron Crown, nor cast my own small golden sceptre down” The Lord of the Rings, and indeed the whole Lengendarium of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is among the greatest influences on…
Winter of the Soul: A Spiritual Analysis of the Game of Thrones Pop Culture Phenomena
Game of Thrones, the wildly popular HBO series based off of George R.R. Martin’s high fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, is a presently unavoidable part of popular culture. Praised for its high…
Sail Away: A Lord of the Rings Poem
The wind drifts across the sea Beckoning and calling me. Tugging on my Elven hair, It tries to draw me in. – The waves crash against the shore Seeming to my heart implore: Come and…
Seven Stars and Seven Crowns: A Catholic Monarchist’s Perspective on “The Lord of the Rings”
The great Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien once described his masterpiece The Lord of the Rings as a “story is cast in terms of a good side, and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kingship, moderated…
The Sound of Roses: A Lord of the Rings Story
September 1419 “All those weeks we stayed here last autumn and I don’t remember this wall.” Frodo ran his hand over crumbling stones. It was obviously one of the older parts of Imladris and…
Was Tolkien a Heretic?: Defending Tolkien’s Catholic Orthodoxy from a "Cloak and Dagger" Priest
I have never trusted those who hide behind a cloak of anonymity. It seems to me that they do not have the courage of their convictions, or else that they have something to hide.…
Tolkien and Lewis: The Last Sane Men Standing and Their Understanding of Fantasy
“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” There is good fantasy and bad fantasy. Anyone who has watched fantasy movies or read fantasy…
An Absolution of Femininity: Debunking the Misleading Ideas about Women in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works
For the average Tolkien fan, it is a too frequent experience to encounter complaints about the scarcity or poor representation of women in his works. “Too few”, “not too great”, “just love interests”, “only weak,…