tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039441484315194294.post8805385347147081177..comments2022-01-02T07:00:57.867-08:00Comments on Welcome to Weird World: Her WHAT?!?!m g meilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04903657908338924922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039441484315194294.post-21214164936428403972011-11-29T12:32:57.304-08:002011-11-29T12:32:57.304-08:00Way off track, but amusing nevertheless... I recal...Way off track, but amusing nevertheless... I recall my moments of writing things like this. Especially about the symbols... The truth is a long way down the road. Long long way.<br />Please note that Sam never ever fantasizes about Rosie - but about a quiet way of life. On the other hand, he is ready to throw it away to be with Frodo and give Frodo a quiet way of life (early drafts by Tolkien even feature a happy ending where Frodo and Sam just go live together in a cottage by the Sea!). When that becomes impossible, he considers Rosie for marriage so that he can still give life, what he and Frodo worked for (to save the Shire). Read the book, you'll never find Sam/Rosie as a Sacred Marriage, just normal marriage. On the other hand, there is Frodo & Sam with more than plenty of hints about their Sacred Marriage. <br /><br />The comments about sexual energy have no basis whatsoever. Tolkien was FAR from being "a typical Christian". He was a natural initiate (meaning, not a formal one like the Freemasons etc) and had a hard time integrating his knowledge but it's still a case of YOU making a polarized judgment about what you see and don't see. Quote, "Sam had his deep concerns" (Sam quote, "I love him. He's like that, and sometimes it shines through, somehow").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com