Comments on: The Tolkien Tarot Spread I: the Function of Fiction http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/ Guidance and Inspiration from Nature and the Ancient World. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mythology Blog: Between Old and New Moons » Mythology, the Mysteries, and Magic Part One http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-69054 Mythology Blog: Between Old and New Moons » Mythology, the Mysteries, and Magic Part One Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:30:46 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-69054 [...] over at Druid Journal recently wrote a series of posts titled The Tolkien Tarot Spread (the Function of Fiction: part one, Patterns of Action: part two and Fiction and Divination: part three), that took a look at the [...] [...] over at Druid Journal recently wrote a series of posts titled The Tolkien Tarot Spread (the Function of Fiction: part one, Patterns of Action: part two and Fiction and Divination: part three), that took a look at the [...]

]]> By: Jeff Lilly http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-67445 Jeff Lilly Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:37:01 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-67445 I don't mind you rambling if you don't mind me rambling back at you. :-) The last day or so I feel like I've been in a waking dream. I had a direct conversation with Loki, and it was very odd... He was conniving and scheming and clever and he mainly sneered and laughed at me the whole time. And yet, through the whole interview, I was filled with the same high-vibration joy and delight that I always get when I talk to gods. He was obviously having the time of his life, and it was amazingly infectious -- even when the joke was on me! In any case, he basically called me a whiner, and said if I really knew what I wanted, I would have no trouble getting it. Thinking about it afterwards, the intuition I got was that the world really does reflect back at you exactly what is inside you; and if you can't reach your goals, it's just because some part of you isn't ready or willing to achieve them yet. So one answer to your rambling musing is: anything may be lost, but only if you want it to be. I don’t mind you rambling if you don’t mind me rambling back at you. :-)

The last day or so I feel like I’ve been in a waking dream. I had a direct conversation with Loki, and it was very odd… He was conniving and scheming and clever and he mainly sneered and laughed at me the whole time. And yet, through the whole interview, I was filled with the same high-vibration joy and delight that I always get when I talk to gods. He was obviously having the time of his life, and it was amazingly infectious — even when the joke was on me! In any case, he basically called me a whiner, and said if I really knew what I wanted, I would have no trouble getting it. Thinking about it afterwards, the intuition I got was that the world really does reflect back at you exactly what is inside you; and if you can’t reach your goals, it’s just because some part of you isn’t ready or willing to achieve them yet.

So one answer to your rambling musing is: anything may be lost, but only if you want it to be.

]]> By: mahud http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-67443 mahud Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:19:44 +0000 http://druidjournal.net/2008/02/08/the-tolkien-tarot-spread-and-the-function-of-fiction/#comment-67443 That's a wonderful quote! It is part of the human condition. Everything changes. We may experience a powerful sense of loss, such as the death of loved one, and all these experiences whether on a conscious or subconscious level can be triggered in moments of fiction. But is everything ever really truly lost, I wonder? I'm kind of rambling now. Ignore this comment if you want ;) That’s a wonderful quote!

It is part of the human condition. Everything changes. We may experience a powerful sense of loss, such as the death of loved one, and all these experiences whether on a conscious or subconscious level can be triggered in moments of fiction.

But is everything ever really truly lost, I wonder?

I’m kind of rambling now. Ignore this comment if you want ;)

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