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Tolkien, Mythology, Imagination and Spiritual Insight

其他書名	: The Enduring Power of the Lord of the Rings
出版	iUniverse, 2019-08-22
主題	Biography & Autobiography / Literary FiguresLiterary Criticism / Comparative LiteratureBody, Mind & Spirit / General
ISBN	15320807199781532080715
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EtjByAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Artistic masterworks have the capacity to shed light on and lift our spirits to a deeper perception of the universal human condition. They can also show us the reality of our present and possible future collective social paradigm and mold imaginations that fire us to work for deeper cultural change. One can read Tolkien on many levels; on the surface we can delight in the characters, the magic, the otherworldliness and all the aspects of an intricate plot. A second and third reading will show that there is unsuspected depth, a clever intricacy in the interlacing of events in chapters and books, amazing symmetries and connections. The book simply looks at the central images of the trilogy and at the hidden architecture of the book to let it speak more fully for itself. Once that is done it is relatively easy to point out how Tolkien's literary imaginations correspond to inner and outer realities known to spiritual traditions of the past and the present. This work will form a bridge to these through Jungian interpretation and mostly Steiner's spiritual science. Tolkien could talk to the spirit of the time only in the way that spirit talks to spirit. An author needs a deep spiritual perception to lead people to a cultural/spiritual accomplishment of the size of The Lord of the Rings. This book sheds light on the sources of Tolkien's spiritual perceptions, and the discipline with which he pursued them. It is the spiritual dimension of Tolkien's being and work that makes the trilogy a universal legacy and an enduring success."--Back cover