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31. There Was So Much Math!
Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Ned’s choice of topic: The Nature of
Middle-earth. The newest official Tolkien book is anything but a cohesive
volume, instead being a collection of remaining unpublished writings from the
overall Tolkien archive about Middle-earth, written mostly in the late 1950s
and late 1960s, with a heavy focus on more philosophical and generally
foundational concepts and aspects of Tolkien’s creation. Edited by Carl
Hostetter with the full approval of Christopher Tolkien before the latter’s
passing, it’s at once detailed scholarship and the source of a variety of new
wrinkles and outright surprises concerning Middle-earth. What can be made of
the deep discussions of Elvish culture and life, and the literal differences
as a species from Men? How did Tolkien address the concept of Elvish
reincarnation in particular, and what exactly did that imply in terms of what
the Valar could do? What does it mean that Tolkien constantly chose to frame
everything from the point of view of referring to ‘scholars’ and authorities
rather than simply leaning into his own creative process? And how delightful
is it to learn that Númenor was the home of a legendary annual bear dance?
Show Notes.
Jared’s
doodle.
Besides bears, we learn that Númenor has a lot of cliffs.
The California redwood parks are
among the best.
TheOneRing.net’s
summary of the Howard Shore semi-news/demi-rumor/whatever it might be.
Star Wars: Visions is a treat.
Red X by David Demchuk is the book Jared’s illustrated. Check it out!
The Nature of Middle-earth -- order away!
Vinyar Tengwar and the
E.L.F. info is there for you.
Kristine Larsen’s extensive
bibliography on her work on
Tolkien and astronomy is very well worth the investigation.
The Isaac Newton story Ned mentioned is a little more involved than
that—here’s a 2014 interview with an author who wrote about Newton’s papers in more detail.
Now if you’ve not seen Spirited
Away, we do highly recommend it.
The Notion Club
Papers is too
underdiscussed, really. It’s a very interesting, strange effort.
Flat-earth Catholics, well...we’ll just link
this.
(It’s not ‘pro-flat earth,’ rest assured.)
Neoplatonism! We understand if you’re already
asleep.
If you want a little more about the phenomenal
world…
The Magisterium is VERY
much a thing.
So let’s talk the Gnostics!
Enjoy some more about bear
dances in our world. As for Finnish bear
cults...
You can support By-The-Bywater and all of Megaphonic on
Patreon, and thank you if you do!
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By Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett
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Jared, Oriana and Ned talk about Ned’s choice of topic: The Nature of
Middle-earth. The newest official Tolkien book is anything but a cohesive
volume, instead being a collection of remaining unpublished writings from the
overall Tolkien archive about Middle-earth, written mostly in the late 1950s
and late 1960s, with a heavy focus on more philosophical and generally
foundational concepts and aspects of Tolkien’s creation. Edited by Carl
Hostetter with the full approval of Christopher Tolkien before the latter’s
passing, it’s at once detailed scholarship and the source of a variety of new
wrinkles and outright surprises concerning Middle-earth. What can be made of
the deep discussions of Elvish culture and life, and the literal differences
as a species from Men? How did Tolkien address the concept of Elvish
reincarnation in particular, and what exactly did that imply in terms of what
the Valar could do? What does it mean that Tolkien constantly chose to frame
everything from the point of view of referring to ‘scholars’ and authorities
rather than simply leaning into his own creative process? And how delightful
is it to learn that Númenor was the home of a legendary annual bear dance?
Show Notes.
Jared’s
doodle.
Besides bears, we learn that Númenor has a lot of cliffs.
The California redwood parks are
among the best.
TheOneRing.net’s
summary of the Howard Shore semi-news/demi-rumor/whatever it might be.
Star Wars: Visions is a treat.
Red X by David Demchuk is the book Jared’s illustrated. Check it out!
The Nature of Middle-earth -- order away!
Vinyar Tengwar and the
E.L.F. info is there for you.
Kristine Larsen’s extensive
bibliography on her work on
Tolkien and astronomy is very well worth the investigation.
The Isaac Newton story Ned mentioned is a little more involved than
that—here’s a 2014 interview with an author who wrote about Newton’s papers in more detail.
Now if you’ve not seen Spirited
Away, we do highly recommend it.
The Notion Club
Papers is too
underdiscussed, really. It’s a very interesting, strange effort.
Flat-earth Catholics, well...we’ll just link
this.
(It’s not ‘pro-flat earth,’ rest assured.)
Neoplatonism! We understand if you’re already
asleep.
If you want a little more about the phenomenal
world…
The Magisterium is VERY
much a thing.
So let’s talk the Gnostics!
Enjoy some more about bear
dances in our world. As for Finnish bear
cults...
You can support By-The-Bywater and all of Megaphonic on
Patreon, and thank you if you do!
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