It feels different near the Shire....

[littlemanpoet]

Nar:

So do you define
'unfallen' as:
man's being one with nature
-- in the image of:
God's being one with all creation, both cherishing all things, and containing all things?

Yes. Thank you. That was a very succinct, and accurate, summary.

In an unfallen state, are man and male-land the same; are woman and female-land the same? Do you become the world, is that what 'having dominion over all things' really means outside of the influence of sin?

Again, yes. I think Tolkien's description of Tom's (and perhaps Goldberry's) dominion over all things in his domain is as close to the Edenic archetype, and the purpose of 'having dominion', as I've ever seen depicted. He can even shoo the Barrow-wight! (shh! don't let you-know-who know that I said that! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] )