Elven Technology - how did they do it?

[lindil]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> the races and 'magic'

Hobbits were expressely stated to be 'amagical' if you will while the dunedain were capable of 'magical' swords although Boromir's was not apparently of this caliber -which suggests to me that perhaps the northern dunedain learned from the Noldorin smith remants of Eregion [ or?] that dwelt in rivendell [some of high enough caliber remained to reforge anduril/narsil. The consruction of Isengard is also seemingly of supranormal construction. But Numenorean magic seems relatively rare [JRRT in one of the letters seeems to feel he should have never come up w/ the idea] . Black magic however seems to be more easily had among men .

In Middle-Earth as has been stated by others enchantment that is not diabolical is a natural skill arising fro m the 'being ' or natureof the race or individual.

and i agree it must have been in many cases an energetic and 'conciousness/intention' charging of the objects or woven into the crafts, and in some cases the raw materials at a variety of stages .


lindil

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