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Podcast: Lux Occult
Episode: 100. J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium w/ Asher from Ad Hoc History
Description: Asher, Co-host of Ad Hoc History Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q?si=d1c727b897604262 joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to talk about J.R.R. Tolkien’s work and Legendarium, the mythology found therein. Topics discussed include: What spiritual ideas might have informed Tolkien’s work? How might his time as a soldier in WWI have impacted him and his storytelling? What does it mean for a world, or the world (in some mythologies) to be created from words? How can we understand Sauron and the One Ring? Sam and Frodo’s “Brom...