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**lindil** · 02-23-2001, 07:37 AM

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Silima and co-creation

I wil throw out abit of unfounded speculation [which is sure to please Mithadan <img src=smile.gif ALT="

"> ].

I would hazard that the Silmarills and silima were a combination of the stuff that Noldorin gems were made out of [which was 'common' lore in Noldorin gem smith circles] and the energies produced by Feanor's meditations upon them and the 2 Trees .
It is said that Feanor knew more of the Valinorean tounge [the atual language of the Valar and Maiar -not Valinorean Quenya] than anyother of the Elves - but did not share his lore , and so I would not be suprised if the essence of these words [of whom probably he alone may have used in gem craft] 'unlocked' the physical substance and that by long ,very long meditation on them while exposing the silima to the light of the trees , he was able to effect a blending of the Noldorin gem-lore and the Light of the Trees .
The palantiri and the Noldorin lamps were lesser essya on the same theme.

In this he approached a level of creation nearly equal that of the Valar
themselves, and this was his undoing ; that he forgot that w/ out Eru
and the Valar he would have had nothing with which to begin his
works, or indeed any native skill. and herein I think is a partial source
of Feanors bitterness [the prime factor being the sentencing of his
mother to the Halls of Mandos till the end of the world]. With the
Silmarills he had gone as far as his energies and creative abilities
[and perhaps the very nature of Elves] woiuld allow but like the
Numenoreans who had 'more' on all levels , he was the least content
of all in the realm of Arda .
He had learned the art of capturing Light , but he remained on some
levels a stranger to it in his heart.

It is heartening [for Feanor's redemption] that at The End [according
to the 2nd prophecy of Mandos] Feanor will unlock the Silmarills and
Yavanna will restore the 2 Trees .

Lindil

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02-23-2001, 07:37 AM	#17
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 426</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Silima and co-creation I wil throw out abit of unfounded speculation [which is sure to please Mithadan <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> ]. I would hazard that the Silmarills and silima were a combination of the stuff that Noldorin gems were made out of [which was 'common' lore in Noldorin gem smith circles] and the energies produced by Feanor's meditations upon them and the 2 Trees . It is said that Feanor knew more of the Valinorean tounge [the atual language of the Valar and Maiar -not Valinorean Quenya] than anyother of the Elves - but did not share his lore , and so I would not be suprised if the essence of these words [of whom probably he alone may have used in gem craft] 'unlocked' the physical substance and that by long ,very long meditation on them while exposing the silima to the light of the trees , he was able to effect a blending of the Noldorin gem-lore and the Light of the Trees . The palantiri and the Noldorin lamps were lesser essya on the same theme. In this he approached a level of creation nearly equal that of the Valar themselves, and this was his undoing ; that he forgot that w/ out Eru and the Valar he would have had nothing with which to begin his works, or indeed any native skill. and herein I think is a partial source of Feanors bitterness [the prime factor being the sentencing of his mother to the Halls of Mandos till the end of the world]. With the Silmarills he had gone as far as his energies and creative abilities [and perhaps the very nature of Elves] woiuld allow but like the Numenoreans who had 'more' on all levels , he was the least content of all in the realm of Arda . He had learned the art of capturing Light , but he remained on some levels a stranger to it in his heart. It is heartening [for Feanor's redemption] that at The End [according to the 2nd prophecy of Mandos] Feanor will unlock the Silmarills and Yavanna will restore the 2 Trees . Lindil </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000076>lindil</A> at: 2/23/01 8:45:52 am __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.