Elven Technology - how did they do it?

[lindil]

I have given a bit of thought to this topic and would love to hear the thoughts of others.
feel free to draw from real life sources and idea's not just ME
The Osanwe - Kenta is one such example [by JRRT himself]
btw it does not need to be confined to Elves .Dwarves, Ents and Numenoreans were involved in 'magic' better called 'Enchantment' [an excellent distinction between them exists in ' On Fairy - Stories'].

below is anedit of my post to ' Silima' which has a bit of my thinking on the question.


I would hazard that the Silmarills and silima were a combination of
the stuff that Noldorin gems were made out of [which was 'common'
lore in Noldorin gem smith circles] and the energies produced by
Feanor's meditations upon them and the 2 Trees .
It is said that Feanor knew more of the Valinorean tounge [the
atual language of the Valar and Maiar -not Valinorean Quenya]
than anyother of the Elves - but did not share his lore , and so I
would not be suprised if the essence of these words [of whom
probably he alone may have used in gem craft] 'unlocked' the
physical substance and that by long ,very long meditation on them
while exposing the silima to the light of the trees , he was able to
effect a blending of the Noldorin gem-lore and the Light of the
Trees .
The palantiri and the Noldorin lamps were lesser essya on the same
theme.

In this he approached a level of co-creation nearly equal that of the
Valar
themselves, and this was his undoing ; that he forgot that w/ out
Eru
and the Valar he would have had nothing with which to begin his
works, or indeed any native skill.
With the Silmarills he had gone as far as his energies and creative abilities
[and perhaps the very nature of Elves] woiuld allow but like the
Numenoreans who had 'more' on all levels , he was the least
content
of all in the realm of Arda .
He had learned the art of capturing Light , but he remained on
some levels a stranger to it in his heart.


Lindil is often found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns Silmarillion canon , theories and discussion Forum 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.'