Reading Tolkien's bio was very interesting. His father sadly died when he was 3 of Typhoid Fever. He contracted it while in South Africa for work. Tolkien's mother died when he was 12 from Diabetes. She had grown up an orphan so she probably did not get very much good food.
His mother made a Catholic priest the godfather. The character Gandalf was likely modeled after this priest. I'm sure Tolkien was saved many times by that priest. He married a woman that was Protestant. Father Francis did not approve but he married her anyways. He had no job when they got married.
Eventually he went off to fight in WWI. They made him a lieutenant. He did not like leading others. But he did it anyways. He got Trench Fever so he was sent home before the war was over. Did you know 20 million people died in WWI? What a waste. And all for what? It was a pointless and worthless war. I wonder if the death and evil surrounding that war is what made Hitler go mad. There was a devaluing of human life after that first war.
After the war Tolkien got to be an English professor the rest of his life. His books helped him become a millionaire and he retired in a lovely beach town in England.
What a great life he lived. I wonder about the dark magic elements in his writing. He may have experimented with black magic a bit. Thank God he stayed on God's team though. Good job Tolkien.
If you ever think of getting into witchcraft, don't. Stay in God's Holy light. Don't go into the darkness. Trust me, you don't want to be there. Always do good and be good. Forget about power and magic and dark ways. Be patient and wait for good things to happen to you. Wait on God. Don't use black magic to get you what you want. It will only lead you down an evil and sad path.
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