Tolkien the freemason/ Priory of Sionist/Gnostic?

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by davem

Its the very fact that he didn't believe such things that would make them usable as source material.

Exactly. We write what we don't believe. If it is a fantasy, then people write about things that are not like them, otherwise it would be to close to home, and the book would turn into a narrative of self-opinion. Intersting stories and iseas fuel the authors' minds, not only because they aare so interesting, but because they are different.