
Becca Tarnas on Jung, Tolkien, and the Imaginal
Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio
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Tolkien's View on Reincarnation
Tolkien saw reincarnation as a possibility within that ongoing efflorescence of creativity. When he speaks about fantasy, he speaks about it as a human right. So I'm sure that there are some in the church hierarchies who might not agree with that,. But from Tolkien's perspective, it wasn't out of alignment for him. It wasn'tout of alignment with his own beliefs or relationship to Christianity and toward the Christian God.
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