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- From: 003166j@axe.acadiau.ca (JASON WILLIAM JARVIS)
- Subject: Re: Power of races
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:27:28 GMT
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- In article <C1A6u8.2zC@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn) writes:
- >From: Michael.P.Colburn@dartmouth.edu (Michael P. Colburn)
- >Subject: Re: Power of races
- >Date: 23 Jan 93 00:32:31 GMT
-
- >In article <003166j.25.727723253@axe.acadiau.ca>
- >003166j@axe.acadiau.ca (JASON WILLIAM JARVIS) writes:
-
- >> >However Gandalf himself says upon his return from the fight with the Balrog
- >> >that " I have remembered much that I had forgotten and forgotten much that
- >was
- >> >familiar" (or WTTE). This causes me at any rate to think that Gandalf
- >himself
- >> >didn't know he was a Maia (consciously) although he speaks of
- >"returning".It
- >> >is very like what one would expect from one who has a spiritual journey of
- >> >some kind....
- >>
- >> Perhaps Gandalf had forgotten that he was a Maiar, rather than not
- >> knowing? After all, how could someone forget something that important,
- >> especially with his knowledge. Besides, he's got Elrond and Galadriel to
- >> remind him. In regards to a spiritual journey, who's to say that his spirit
- >> wasn't returned to Valinor, if only briefly, between the time that he killed
- >> the Balrog and he was picked up by Gwaihir?
-
- >IMHO, his spirit must have returned to Valinor, perhaps the Halls of
- >Mandos after his body was 'killed'. There he was spiritually
- >'refreshed' and became the pure Maia he once was in the beginning of
- >ages when he was Olofin (sp.) Then he returned with renewed purpose to
- >ME as Gandalf the White. The rest is, shall we say....history. ;-)
-
- >Mike Colburn =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- >Dartmouth-Hitchcock "Pulu-see-ba-goomba" -- Gilligan
- >Medical Center =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
- >Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756 :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)
-
- Hmmm. Sounds pretty good to me.
-
- Jason W. Jarvis
- History Dept.
- Acadia University
- Wolfville, N.S.
- Canada
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