the Other Orders...

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Eäralda Halatiriva

hey guys
is it possible that Tolkien would leave an opening for additions to his work when he says in the Valaquenta (speaking in reference to the Aratar)," In majesty, they are peers, beyond compare of any others of the Valar, Maiar, or any other order that Eru has sent into Ea"? what i mean is, a statement like that leaves it open to the possibility of their being other types of spiritual beings not spoken directly about in the official Tolkien Canons (LoTR, Silm, The Hobbit). maybe these Orders are actively working upon our affairs in the modern Age....and perhaps these Other orders have their own representatives or "Istari" at work today!
hope i am being understood, and hope that i am not coming across presumptuous either

Yes it does leave open interesting speculative possibilities - but who knows what they might be?! It's another of those things which Tolkien left fuzzy and open - it gives us an impression of greater, wider things which we aren't told about, and helps to make his creation the magical thing that it is....