welcome to the Downs
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Thanks You guys for replying. I'm new to forums and I guess I went a little crazy on my beleifs/"preaching".
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If you wish to modify your post you can always use the edit button [looks like a little tablet , hammer and chisel.
I hardly ever post without editing at least once [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] , but then I am lousy at reviewing...
As for the occult connections and 'spinoff's', some of it is sad, the tarot you mentioned was a real shock to me, but the family does not hold al of ther lic's anymore.
However, JRRT himself chose to write in a format that took many esoteric principles and concpets for granted.
Galadriel's mirror.
The Magic of the Elves and to a fqr lesser extent the Dunedain and others.
I could go on but I am out the door and I think there are a few other threads of old that make my point far more thoroughly than I can now.
In my own personal experience in speaking with Non-Christians [ or Non- Orthodow Christians for that matter] I have rarely had any positive results [ that I could discern anyway] with the 'fronatal assualt approach', as I call it.
But it certainly has a long history and perhaps the fault is mine.