Gollum and Eagles: Deux ex machina?

[davem]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

No! NO! No mockery intended; rather, an inside (so to speak) joke. Sorry for my unclarity! You see, you and I both believe (read understand ) that God is in the middle of all of life, so everything is therefore by definition a Deus ex machina. .... right?

Only if the Universe is a 'machine', rather than a living process. Of course, the 'Machine' meant something different to Tolkien (as we've often discussed). Tolkien claimed the Ring as the ultimate Machine, so I suppose the
'deus ex machina' of M-e would be the Ring imbued with the life-force of Sauron.