Category: The Hobbit

Wizards after all are Wizards

It is easy to forget that the Wizards, or Istari, of Tolkien's works are a kind of lower-order angel. Then again, Christians love to point this out, so perhaps it's not so easy to forget. In a passage that Christopher Tolkien dates to 1972, Tolkien writes, "We must assume that they [the Istari] were all... Continue Reading →

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Under no Enchantment but his own

As the dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf near Beorn's house in chapter 7 of The Hobbit, Gandalf is telling the little bit that he knows about their soon-to-be host. After telling them that Beorn is a skin-changer, he makes the following curious statement: "At any rate he is under no enchantment but his own." Gandalf then... Continue Reading →

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