LOTR: The Two Towers [Archive] - Divine Cosmos Discussions

Lesley Schultz

01-02-2003, 01:08 PM

Dear Ms. Pat:

Yes, it is unsettling and un-funny. I admit that I
don't know about these things [referring to the
Masonic and Illuminati movements], and am more than
willing to let smarter people than I worry about them.
But your "LOTR: Two Towers" header was a great segue
to the point I wanted to make, so please forgive me
for co-opting it for my own purposes.

I also have to confess to being a culture vulture, and
a bit of a snob when it comes to the media I spend
time with. This results in me being more or less
cut-off from popular culture, by choice. However,
when something hits really really big, I know that
there is a strong underlying reason for it, so I check
it out. The film, "The Matrix" was a huge hit, with
vast influence on many of the films that came after
it. I didn't see it in theaters, but was urged to
check it out when it arrived on video. As soon as I
saw it, I understood what all the bruhoo-ha-ha was
about. It had powerful things to say about our popular
culture [entertainment, education and news media] and
our world view, which is shaped by the culture. I
don't think people in general thought about this fact
in quite this way before, and it was a stunning
revelation. "Titanic" was also hugely popular, out of
all proportion to how good a movie it was, because it
addressed a strong underlying unconscious fear:
America, indeed our entire Western civilization, is
EXACTLY like the great ship that was lost due largely
to complacency and over-confidence.

LOTR, both movies, are also much more popular than
they should be, given their length and complexity.
There is a very large audience that follows these
films eagerly, myself included. I had been trying to
understand what the unconscious appeal was, the
underlying message that was speaking to people, and I
think I understand it now.

The LOTR films have some amazingly powerful ascension
motifs to them, if you care to look for them. The One
Ring, which is the ring of Power, must be destroyed-
cannot be wielded successfully by anyone but its
creator [in the book, Fellowship of the Ring, the
point is made the Sauron was not the quintessential
evil character he is from the beginning- the Ring
corrupted him also and destroys everything it touchs.]
The Ring can symbolize many things, but I think it
really symbolizes the desire to dominate others,
ultimate separation instead of ultimate One-ness. The
Ents show the revolt of nature against the corruption
of the Ring very clearly. Gollum reminds me of a
person trying to decide on which side of the fence to
be on: he leans heavily towards STS but he is not
completely committed to it. In the final book of the
Ring trilogy [with apologies to those who are waiting
for the last film to come out and don't know how it
ends], Frodo at last gets to Mt. Doom and is standing
at the precipice, ostensibly ready to throw the horrid
Ring in it. But he finds that he can't- he wants to
keep the Ring. It has possessed him at last. But
suddely Gollum appears, and there is a great struggle
for possession of the Ring. Finally Gollum bites off
Frodo's finger and takes the Ring away....but as he
dances in celebration of his reunion with the ring, he
falls into the firey chasm and is destroyed with his
Precious.

What does this mean? Yes, the Ring finally destroys
Gollum also but if he hadn't had this consuming lust
for the Ring, Middle Earth would have been destroyed
utterly. Like I said, God Bless and Keep the STS
folks. They play a powerful an essential role in the
Grand Scheme of things.

Some things are more obvious to interpret in terms of
ascension: The Elves are clearly Wanderers, who are
leaving now that there is nothing more they can do.
Aragorn is representative of STO folks trying to
evolve, trying to understand [or rather, remember] who
and what they are. Who are Hobbits? They can be
everyone and anyone. Who is Gandalf? Well, I don't
quite know. Maybe he will appear in a form we haven't
seen yet, but do you suppose Ra has a long grey beard
and a pointy hat in his celestial closet?

Sorry for the long message, but I thought some of you
would enjoy toying with these ideas, as I have been
the last couple of days.

~lesley

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Lesley Schultz
865 York St. #3
Oakland, CA 94610

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