Does Tolkien indirectly promotes interest in occult practices?

[The-Elf-Herself]

Good question, Elronda. I guess it is all depends on how easily a person is moved into action by reading a book and what their personality/interests are already like. For example, someone who's naturally bent towards the spiritual stuff is more likely to really get into other stuff after reading Tolkien than someone who is not. Adversely, someone who is more grounded and practical(I have a few friends like this) are more likely to read the book, enjoy it, and then set it aside. It's not that they dislike it, they just moved onto other stuff. I fall into a third category: those who have a million in-depth interests in just about everything(hey, maybe THAT'S why I have no free time [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] ). By the way, before ANYONE gets offended, these are generalities, so if you don't fall into a category, congratulations! You're unique(as everyone is [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ).