Tolkien was an amazing writer. But more so, he wrote “true” myth which is quite different from most mythologies. His deep seeded roots of Christianity were more than a foundation and possibly the very stuff behind the Silmarillion, the LOTR and the Hobbit.
I actually leaned to write in Feanorian I was so addicted to this myth. I devoured everything I could written by or about Tolkien. My wife thinks I’m nuts. Well, maybe a little!!! haha
Wow, I’m the same way, although I could not grasp the Feanorian, haha. It may sound odd but to me the Catholic truth in the books lifts it so far above anything else I have ever read, almost as if, and I’m sure there is, a breath of Divine inspiration in the work. And what I mean by that is Tolkien’s own love of the Church, Christianity, his fellow man, hope and virtue. It seems more than just a story; to me, and many others I’m sure.
Thanks for sharing, there are many people who love the story but I imagined myself many times wishing to be a part of Tolkien’s T.C.B.S group, or having contemporaries such as he had.
Perhaps in the world to come.