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Tolkien Time: Shiny Rocks and the Hands of a Healer

SPLANCHNICS: The Society for the Preservation of Literature, the Arts, Numinosity, Culture, Humor, Nerdiness, Inspiration, Creativity & Storytelling

We've both been reading Tolkien recently! It's a different experience every time, so we decided to share what stood out to us. Hannah dissects the theme of power and corruption throughout the legendarium, from Feanor to Frodo. Clare shares her favorite passages from the Lord of the Rings about how beauty brings healing to the hardened heart. You already have numerous copies of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, right? What? You don’t even own ONE copy of those books? &lt...