JRRT faith has always been apparent in his works. Unfortunately, we are left to our assumptions/interpretations to what they could mean.
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"You cannot pass. I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
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Anor I believe is the (Sindarin?) word for Sun. I can still be corrected on this. Secret Fire
could therefore be attributed to Illuvatar, or the“Imperishable Flame”. As Gandalf was a Maia, it would be natural that he served the “Secret Fire”.
As to what this
“Secret Fire” actually is – well, as I recall in the Sil it was said that Illuvatar gave the Ainur’s vision Being (meaning their song was made into existence), and that it was set into the Void and the
Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World. And thus the World was created.
The Secret Fire would be the Flame of Life, in a sense.
(Hmmm… could this be the “Force” in Star Wars?…ooops sorry, my mind was wandering again!) [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Yes, it could mean the Holy Spirit – since in the creation of the World, the Holy Spirit was one w/ God the Father and the Son, and through His Will the all things came into being.