Samwise the Brave: A Tarot Reading from the Edge of Mordor
The nights grow longer and longer, and the days are dim. Samwise awakens at dawn and turns his face toward the dark East, imagining, somewhere far away, a sun still lifting itself over green hills, li...
16 Dec 20251h 36min
Arwen's Choice: Follow the Evenstar into the Night
“He halted amazed, thinking that he had strayed into a dream, or else that he had received the gift of the Elf-minstrels, who can make the things of which they sing appear before the eyes of those tha...
28 Okt 20251h 21min
Will you look into the Mirror?
Will You Look Into the Mirror?Join us as we shine a light on Galadriel, one of Tolkien’s most enigmatic and powerful beings. We trace her sweeping arc, from her origins in the blissful light of Valino...
21 Juli 20251h 39min
The One Ring
Mae govannen, dear listeners, and welcome to Season 2 of For the Shire.We begin, as all great tales do, in shadow, by turning our gaze to the One Ring:That which devours.That which disembodies.That wh...
7 Juli 20251h 41min
The Gifts of Galadriel: Christmas Special
“If Elves indeed still dwell here in this darkening world.” We're back! For a special festive episode where we explore the symbolism of gift giving in Lothlorien. Every member of the Fellowship is gi...
18 Dec 20241h 27min
Faramir: Steward of Ancestry
"... modest, fair-minded and scrupulously just, and very merciful"... I am sure I did not invent him. I did not even want him, though I like him". Tolkien on Faramir Faramir emerges suddenly from the ...
2 Juni 20241h 10min
To the King: An Embodied Tarot Reading for Théoden Ednew
"Hail the victorious dead" 3 March 3019, The Battle for Helm's Deep It is just before dawn. The hour when it is always darkest. Theoden King waits in the Hornburg. The screams of his men have lessened...
26 Maj 20241h 23min
The Beacons Are Lit: The Return of the King
"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... then you see it!" Being...
24 Mars 20241h 18min
