Tolkien’s work is more than just great literature—it is sacred storytelling. The power of his mythos lies in the fact that it is infused with the light of divine creation, and for many, it serves as a spiritual text.
Tolkien’s work enchants us because it reconnects us to the lost mythic world—a world we once knew but have forgotten, a world we come from, but lost
Through his sub-creation, he restores the sacred imagination, allowing us to once again believe in the enchanted world we live in.
ITolkien did not merely write a story—he revealed a forgotten world. He went to Faërie, returned, and brought us all with him.
“Mythology is the veil that covers the face of the divine. It is the veil that we must lift in order to see the truth that lies beneath.” — Meister Eckhart. 1328