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Category Archives: Inklings & Company
Ainulindalë: Hints of Providence and the Election of Frodo
Eru Ilúvatar is absent in the narratives of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He is neither named nor invoked. Yet there is one moment (actually two) that hints at Ilúvatar’s providential involvement. During their long conversation after Bilbo’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Eru, Frodo, Gandalf, God, Illuvatar, Lord of the Rings, providence
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Ainulindalë: The Secret of the Secret Fire
You cannot pass. I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass. Gandalf’s confrontation … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company, Mythopoeia
Tagged creatio ex nihilo, creation, essence and energies, freedom, God, Secret Fire, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: Eä!
Then there was unrest among the Ainur; but Ilúvatar called to them, and said: ‘I know the desire of your minds that what ye have seen should verily be, not only in your thought, but even as ye yourselves are, yet … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainulindale, ainur, angels, creatio ex nihilo, divine creation, Silmarillion, Thomas Aquinas, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: The Vision
The great symphony is concluded. Ilúvatar now summons the Ainur to follow him into the void, where he grants them a vision of their music translated into visual or imaginal form: Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: ‘Mighty are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainulindale, ainur, Augustine, divine creation, God, Hugh of St Victor, Illuvatar, vision
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Ainulindalë: The Ideas of Eru and the Subcreativity of the Ainur
Before moving on to the next stage of Eru’s creation of Arda, I want to return to the emanation of the Ainur from the One and the significance of their participation in the Great Music.1 The Ainulindalë tells us that … Continue reading
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Tagged Aiinur, Ainulindale, angels, divine creation, Eru, George MacDonald, Great Music, Illuvatar, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: The Great Music and the Cacophony of Melkor
Eru summons the Ainur and declares to them “a mighty theme, unfolding to them things greater and more wonderful than he had yet revealed; and the glory of its beginning and the splendour of its end amazed the Ainur, so … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, Melkor, Morgoth, Satan, Silmarillion, theodicy, Tollkien
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Ainulindalë: The God Who is Music and Beauty
“In the beginning,” the inspired writer declares, “Elohim created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company, Mythopoeia
Tagged ainur, angels, divine creation, God, Holy Trinity, music, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: The Creation of the Angels
Eru engë, i estaina ná Ilúvatar Ardassë; ar ónes minyavë Ainur, i ner i híni sanweryo, ar nentë ósë nó ilúvë ontaina né. There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainulindale, ainur, angels, creatio ex nihilo, divine creation, God, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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