[Penny1]

Wow, OT, those letters sound like they are chock full of good stuff about LOTR....thanks for sharing these snippets!

It sounds to me like people were trying to draw parallels between what he wrote and what was going on in the world politically.

[Overtaxed]

I'm just starting on the Catholicism and Christianity references. I didn't find anything on "Catholic allegory" (or "Christian allegory") in the index. What I've found are Catholic and Christian views in general...not necessarily as it relates to ME or LOTR.

I have just found a long spiel about the immortality of Elves and mortality of Men and the will of Illuvatar and the "Christian mythology" as he calls it and the Fall of Man. It's Letter #212...a draft that was never sent. It's kind of long and deep (and right now I'm watching the race that was postponed from last night). I'd like to wait until I'm a little less distracted to digest it all!