I am quoting LMP's quote on the Unified Mythologies thread:
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Something of the answer can be found in his essay On Fairy-Stories and in his own story Leaf by Niggle, both of which suggest that a man may be given by God the gift of recording 'a sudden glimpse of the underlying reality or truth'.
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Ive always looked at the works this way. It's a sudden glimpse that the author had, and, unfortunately for us, there was not enough time for him to clear up the fog lying around the corners. It compells us to "do the work" for him. There will never be a standard, only at best a comfortable mutual aggreement on some topics. The forum here does help me work out certain anomolies and issues I have w/the legendarium in total, but (of course) it's a very internal/individual process.