Glad you found it interesting! There are lots of layers to unpack - I might do a post on Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn as "Prophet, Priest, King" Christ-figures sometime soon...
Meanwhile the size and world-wide power of Mordor is muchly more bigger by many degrees.
President Eisenhower warned us about the then emerging military-industrial complex, the death-saturated-"values" of which now pattern and control every minute fraction of American "culture", and by extension the entire world too, via over 700 military bases and some kind of military presence (and actions) in almost every country.
Interesting note on Eisenhower's name - perhaps it could be reconfigured as Eisen's Tower
I did not realize all the symbolism embedded within- I knew it resonated with me, but wow! I want to reread all with new eyes.
Glad you found it interesting! There are lots of layers to unpack - I might do a post on Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn as "Prophet, Priest, King" Christ-figures sometime soon...
Meanwhile the size and world-wide power of Mordor is muchly more bigger by many degrees.
President Eisenhower warned us about the then emerging military-industrial complex, the death-saturated-"values" of which now pattern and control every minute fraction of American "culture", and by extension the entire world too, via over 700 military bases and some kind of military presence (and actions) in almost every country.
Interesting note on Eisenhower's name - perhaps it could be reconfigured as Eisen's Tower