Explore what the Tolkien Mythos tells us about our Present Era and our Relationships to Time and Unfulfilled Desire

The mythology underlying Tolkien’s great fantasy works is like a distant mirror of our own age and has much to tell us about the cycling of ages, androgyny, eros, desire and our experience of time.

Casting Precious Into the Cracks of Doom – Androgyny, Alchemy, Evolution and the One Ring

Casting Precious Into the Cracks of Doom – Androgyny, Alchemy, Evolution and the One Ring

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© 2005, 2011 Jonathan Zap

“I am in some [...]

The Mutant versus the Machine, the End of the Iron Age, and the Galactic Alignment of 2012

The Mutant versus the Machine, the End of the Iron Age, and the Galactic Alignment of 2012

© 2004, 2008 Jonathan Zap Edited

by Austin Iredale

Note: This is not meant to be a serious meditation on 2012, but is more [...]

Tolkien and the Developmental Need for Evil

Tolkien and the Developmental Need for Evil

The developmental need for evil as illustrated by the Tolkien mythos.

A Splinter in Your Mind

A Splinter in Your Mind

Is this the world that’s been pulled over your eyes,
a splinter in your mind you can’t get out?

A look at concepts and visions of the “fallen world” and “green worlds” and how it relates to Tolkien, the Matrix and 2012.

STOP THE HOTTIE !

STOP THE HOTTIE !

Begins with a synchronicity this is a brief, conversational treatment of infatuation, romantic relationships, the Tolkien mythos and what binds us to the matrix. It serves also as an introduction to the longer work, written in a more scholarly voice: Casting Precious into the Cracks of Doom, Evolution, Alchemy and the One Ring

Time and Tolkien’s Elves

Time and Tolkien’s Elves

A brief discussion of Tolkien’s elves followed by a discussion of some principles of time illustrated by the Tolkien mythos.

Casting Precious Into the Cracks of Doom-Androgyny, Alchemy, Evolution and the One Ring

Casting Precious Into the Cracks of Doom-Androgyny, Alchemy, Evolution and the One Ring

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© 2005, 2011, 2012 Jonathan Zap

“God is nearer [...]

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