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Pán prsteňov ezotericko-teologický
The Esoterical-Theological Lord of the Rings

Author(s): Róbert Sarka
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Religion and science
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: wizard; magic; myth; spiritual evolution; spiritual;

Summary/Abstract: This essay follows the traces of esotericism in the Tolkien´s major work, The Lord of the Rings. As a Catholic author, he uses the elements of magic and esotericism temperately to avoid their promotion. Tolkien could manage the harmony between fantasy and Christian ideas. In the background of the work we can see that the author is literate mainly in medieval ideas about esoteric world, however his Christian position does not change. The dramatic end of the black wizard Saruman and the black Lord Sauron are a suffi cient warning against magic.

  • Issue Year: XIII/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 47-61
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak