The Ring and the Cross

[The Mouth of Sauron]

"According to Peter Kreeft, a Catholic philosopher at Boston College, Tolkien was under the divine spell when he composed his sprawling trilogy."

What a load of bollocks. It's a NOVEL, nothing more, nothing less.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by The Mouth of Sauron

It's a NOVEL, nothing more, nothing less.

So are a lot of books. Some of them are meant for decifering; the author actually put some hidden meanings or allegories in there. I don't think Tolkien did that. Sometimes you just write, and later on realise that you wrote something with a hidden message... not just the usual "themes" (or whatever you prefer), but real-life-connected-to-author-things...