LotR -- Book 1 - Chapter 02 - The Shadow of the Past

[HerenIstarion]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

Saucie, I read (somewhere) that elves who had been to the West lived in both worlds-- the current world and the shadow world.

So Gandalf tells Frodo in Rivendell:

And here in Rivendell there live still some of his chief foes: the Elven-wise, lords of the Eldar from beyond the furthest seas. They do not fear the Ringwraiths, for those who have dwelt in the Blessed Realm live at once in both worlds, and against both the Seen and the Unseen they have great power.'