Big to do over Tolkien 1958 Tape Recording

[jomoco]

The Hobbit's are hoppin about like crazy over a hoarded tape of Tolkien speaking at a grand gala of avid fans in the Netherlands in 1958.

 

But the ruckus is over his explanation of the whole series in a way never revealed before, in the character of Bilbo himself at times.

 

The picture of Tolkien that night, apparently in the character of Bilbo is very cool.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien Reveals TRUE Meaning Of 'The Lord Of The Rings' In Unearthed Audio Recording|Noble Smith

 

Jomoco

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oooeer !

[jomoco]

Yeah, this Elvish poem of iz's pretty dark and foreboding no doubt!

 

At one point he read a poem in Elvish, joking that hobbits were always terrified when someone threatened to recite poetry at a party. He prefaced the poem by saying it was almost twenty years to the day since he had started working on The Lord of the Rings. His mellifluous voice makes the imaginary language come alive, like sinuous silvery mithril script etched in the mind's eye:

 

Twenty years have flowed away down the long river

And never in my life will return for me from the sea

Ah years in which looking far away I saw ages long past

When still trees bloomed free in a wide country

And thus now all begins to wither

With the breath of cold-hearted wizards

To know things they break them

And their stern lordship they establish

Through fear of death

Tolkien had spent the afternoon walking around Rotterdam--a city that had suffered much destruction during World War II. The sight of it had saddened him, reminding him of the "orc-ery" that he so lamented taking hold of the world. The "cold-hearted wizards," in their quest for knowledge and power, were only good at destroying things. In his final salute to the assembly of hobbit-lovers, Tolkien said that Sauron is gone, but the descendants of the hateful, Shire-polluting wizard Saruman are everywhere. The hobbits of the world have no magic weapons to fight them. But, he adds with a robust and hopeful declaration:

 

"And yet here gentlehobbits may I conclude by giving you this toast. To the hobbits! And may they outlast all the wizards!"

 

Jomoco

[jomoco]

Did yu know that this very day, the vile wizard's of today's western world meet in celebration of their very own birthday?

 

Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference | World news | theguardian.com

 

Cry havoc and loose the dogs of war again Henry!

 

Yu 91 year old mass murderer!

 

Jomoco

[jomoco]

I think Tolkien would've liked Nigel.

 

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Yeah, this Elvish poem of iz's pretty dark and foreboding no doubt!

 

 

With the breath of cold-hearted wizards

To know things they break them

And their stern lordship they establish

Through fear of death

Tolkien had spent the afternoon walking around Rotterdam--a city that had suffered much destruction during World War II. The sight of it had saddened him, reminding him of the "orc-ery" that he so lamented taking hold of the world. The "cold-hearted wizards," in their quest for knowledge and power, were only good at destroying things. In his final salute to the assembly of hobbit-lovers, Tolkien said that Sauron is gone, but the descendants of the hateful, Shire-polluting wizard Saruman are everywhere. The hobbits of the world have no magic weapons to fight them. But, he adds with a robust and hopeful declaration:

 

"And yet here gentlehobbits may I conclude by giving you this toast. To the hobbits! And may they outlast all the wizards!"

 

 

The good professor Tolkien knew bout these vile living mortal wizards about him in Europe, knew they were no fantasy, had seen up close n personal their vile handiwork through two world wars, knew them to be godless unbelievers in a higher power than themselves.

 

Knew that these evil mortal would be gods do not believe in the lord's magic.

That their fall into the fire was thusly assured. That the little people'd win in the end.

 

Yu see, the good professor was a devoot beleever!

 

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I love that photograph of him.

[jomoco]

While fantasy novels can indeed be intriguing, real life dreams in which a widower's wife lives again, young and vibrant, can get an old man's heart rate to race before awakening!

 

Real life spooky, no professors needed, no magic ring, except the one that can bind Mary so vividly to me all these years after her passing.

[jomoco]

If she can still live in my dreams, young again, with bright mischievous eyes?

 

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Jomoco

Edited June 20, 2014 by jomoco