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Hey there, fellow travellers!Our 2025 Silmarillion journey continues with Chapter 1 of Quenta Silmarillion - Of the Beginning of Days.Just to be clear, "Quenta Silmarillion" means "The History of the Silmarils". While Tolkien intended "Ainulindalë" and "Valaquenta" to be essentially standalone works, Quenta Silmarillion encompasses the next 24 chapters.Over the next several months, we'll be revisiting the entire 30-episode Silmarillion series that Greta and I recorded back in 2022. And while you're listening, check out SilmGuide.com for guides to individual chapters.Chapter 1 - Of the Beginning of Days tells of the First War of Arda, the creation of the two Great Lamps by the Valar, and the malicious actions of Melkor, the fallen Ainu and chief villain of Quenta Silmarillion.To support our work here, please visit Patreon.com/TolkienRoad.Enjoy!OTHER LINKS:Video of this episode: https://youtu.be/Xx9zh7c6zyoWatch AD-FREE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/afv-0277-ch-01-121803352Listen AD-FREE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61788044Buy Tolkien Road merch @ True Myths PressBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

10 Feb 48min

Hey there, fellow travellers!Our 2025 Silmarillion journey continues with Valaquenta - The Story of the Valar!Over the next several months, we'll be revisiting the entire 30-episode Silmarillion series that Greta and I recorded back in 2022. And while you're listening, check out SilmGuide.com for guides to individual chapters.As mentioned, this episode is an overview of Valaquenta - The Story of the Valar - which introduces us to many of the great powers, or gods, that govern Middle-earth. In addition, it also tells us briefly of the true nature of familiar figures like Sauron and Gandalf.To support our work here, please visit Patreon.com/TolkienRoad.Enjoy!OTHER LINKS:Video of this episode: https://youtu.be/wtRxezDytYoBuy Tolkien Road merch @ True Myths PressBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

3 Feb 1h 11min

Hey there, fellow travellers!Our 2025 Silmarillion journey continues with Ainulindalë - The Music of the Ainur - which, simply put, is the Middle-earth creation story.Over the next several months, we'll be revisiting the 30-episode series that Greta and I recorded back in 2022. And while you're listening, check out SilmGuide.com for guides to individual chapters.This episode is an overview of Ainulindalë - The Music of the Ainur - which is the creation story of Middle-earth.To support our work here, please visit Patreon.com/TolkienRoad.Enjoy!OTHER LINKS:Video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6k3fwOdGdkBuy Tolkien Road merch @ True Myths PressBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

27 Jan 1h 6min

Hey there, fellow travellers!Right now, I have one major goal for The Tolkien Road: to finish my next book!While I'm doing that, I want to invite you to read through The Silmarillion with The Tolkien Road this year!Over the next several months, we'll be revisiting the 30-episode series that Greta and I recorded back in 2022. And while you're listening, check out SilmGuide.com for guides to individual chapters. You can find that link in the show notes!The first episode is an overview of The Silmarillion, including its background, structure, and themes.To support our work here, please visit Patreon.com/TolkienRoad.Enjoy!OTHER LINKS:Video of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTX9Y-FX5zkBuy Tolkien Road merch @ True Myths PressBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

22 Jan 1h 7min

Hey there fellow travellers!This week we'll be revisiting episode 197, which focused on 6 amazing spiritual insights from Tolkien. Visit TolkienRoad.com/spirit to download these 6 points as a PDF!Also, visit TrueMythsPress.com to for Tolkien Road gear like Two Trees coffee mugs, Tolkien Road t-shirts, and signed copies of my books (which are almost gone!).Finally, if you'd like to support our work, visit Patron.com/TolkienRoad!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

15 Jan 38min

Listen to the whole episode: https://www.ringspodcast.com/190-why-and-how-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-a-religious-and-catholic-work/Hey there, fellow travellers!Merry Christmas! I was recently a guest on the Lore of the Rings podcast - that's L-O-R-E - where I joined host Aaron to discuss the ways in which Lord of the Rings is a "fundamentally religous work".We uncovered:- The grace Faramir says before sharing a meal with Frodo and Sam.- The liturgical significance of March 25 — the day the One Ring was destroyed.- The mysterious Three Prayers of Númenor, preserved in Unfinished Tales.- Why Tolkien preferred absorbed symbolism over overt allegory.I wanted to share a portion of this interview on The Tolkien Road's podcast feed, but you really need to go check out the whole thing over on Aaron's feed.Listen to the whole episode: https://www.ringspodcast.com/190-why-and-how-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-a-religious-and-catholic-work/Enjoy!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

21 Des 202421min

In The Tolkien Road Episode 396, we review The War of the Rohirrim, the newly released animated Middle-earth film from Executive Producer Peter Jackson!I have to be honest: the first 2 seasons of The Rings of Power were so painfully bad that I was not feeling enthusiastic about The War of the Rohirrim going into seeing it last night.The one spark of hope that I felt was the knowledge that it had Peter Jackson as an Executive Producer, and that it had nothing to do with Amazon Studios.We stayed away from the marketing and from others’ thoughts and opinions, hoping to go into it with as much fresh perspective as we could garner.So what did we think? Watch and find out!EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- John R- KG- Eärendil HopeWATCH THE VIDEO » https://youtu.be/E_ho9RV_M_EFOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:PATREON » SUPERFANS!TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKS & MATHOMS:- take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)- listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everon- buy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/ - buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:- John R- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- KG- SaberSystems- Jeremy D- Melkor27- Emilio P- Jonathan D- Richard K- Paul D- Julia- Werty- Chris B- Tuor91- Carolyn S- Emiel K- Brian O (the 2nd)- Jonathan R- Matthew W- Daniel D- Harrison C- Jason C- Seb M- Willbo Baggins- Ms. Anonymous- Andrew T- Redhawk- Shannon S- Brian O (the 1st)- Zeke F- James L- Chris L- Asya V- Ish of the Hammer- Teresa C- David of Pints with Jack- Eric BThank you so much for sticking with us over the years!!! 🙌 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

16 Des 202453min

Hey there fellow travellers!This week we'll be revisiting episode 261, which focused on Tolkien's EPIC Christmas poem NOEL. Visit TolkienRoad.com/noel for plenty of resources related to it!Also, visit TrueMythsPress.com to for Tolkien Road gear like Two Trees coffee mugs, Tolkien Road t-shirts, and signed copies of my books (which are almost gone!).Use promo code NOEL20 to take 20% off your purchase until December 14th.Show Notes » https://tolkienroad.com/noelBuy Christmas Gifts » https://truemythspress.com/Watch the video » https://youtu.be/K3dICFZQIecBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-tolkien-road--5222755/support.

4 Des 202439min