About the Class
Archaic language, mythological scenes, and fairytale plots are the carriers of some of the most pertinent and telling commentaries on our modern world and the disaster-creativity which faces us. Modern ears are tired of the doom and gloom of so much of our current writing, and news headlines are no better. But in this tale of hobbits and little people and noble bearers of power we have spelled out the chaos which we face and a visionary solution to it.
The story begins with Frodo and the One Ring. As Frodo discovers, the One Ring is too powerful and must be thrown back into the fires of Orodruin, from whence it was forged.
The story is a new one – perhaps the latest outpouring of mythology in our western world – and it carries great power. To read a myth created by a man still within living memory is to be at the forefront of living mythology.
This session will explore the symbolism of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, in the light of a world in crisis.