Sam shows us the height of hope and the depth of devotion. We also learn, as he and Boromir do, to get back up and start the struggle anew.

With him, we see that sometimes we overcome our temptations, and at other times they overwhelm us. Frodo guides us as well, as he makes his torturous journey to Mount Doom and endures the Ring's unceasing temptations.

We may not have to sacrifice ourselves as does Gandalf, but we can learn from him and his wise counsels and from the others who he taught. Certainly the Red Book of Westmarch is one source to use. The struggle against evil that takes place inside its pages is the same one that occurs even now within the soul of each person.' As we cannot leave the field of battle until death takes us from it, we should learn as much as we can about how to fight from those who have labored before us. 'The Lordof the Rings 'is a catechism of spiritual warfare cleverly disguised as a fantasy. Tolkien's desire to create a mythology for his homeland, he actually made one for every person, every land, and every age. Moments of Grace and Spiritual Warfare in the Lord of the Rings Book Description : Moments of Grace and Spiritual Warfare in the Lord of the Rings It lingers beyond the twilight portal in the long distant realm of the Ring Lords. In truth, however, the sovereign legacy of our culture comes from a place and time that might just as well be called Middle-earth as by any other name. Instead, their reality was quashed from the earliest days of Inquisitional suppression and the literal diminution of their figures caused a parallel diminishing of their history. Why do we sense deeper truths behind the mysteries of the Ring and the Grail? Why have their common enhancements been distorted and hidden? The ancient guardians of our culture have never featured positively in academic teachings, for they were the Shining Ones: the real progenitors of our heritage. When this Ring was broken, the land fell into chaos and the forces of darkness reigned over the earth, starlight, and forest. The most popular Grail stories relate to Arthurian tales of Guinevere’s golden Ring and the great iron-clad Ring of Camelot-the Knights of the Round Table.

Shrouded in supernatural enigma, its legacy lives on in fascinating tales of fairies, elves, witches, and vampires. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, has been largely consigned to legend and half-remembered battles between good and evil. The magical history of the Ring Lords, alluded to in J.R.R. Realm of the Ring Lords Book Description :

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