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Yes, you saw him for a moment as he is upon the other side: one of the mighty of the Firstborn. He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes.
Taigi, pirma, jis nejungė "abiejų pasaulių". Jis taip atrodo
anapus. Tas "anapus" gana platus dalykas, nes juk Frodas būdamas tos pat būsenos "kitaip" pamatė ir Glorfindelį, ir nazgūlus, kurių gyvenimo ir negyvenimo keliai buvo visai skirtingi. Tai, kaip ir mini Starlin, "šmėklų" pasaulis, tiksliau - šmėklinis pasaulio sluoksnis, bet nedrįsčiau tiksliai apibrėžti, būtent ką ten gali matyti. (T.y. ar Frodo matyti
tie patys, ar kitokios prigimties Glorfindelio ir nazgūlų aspektai). Įtariu, jog "wraith-world" labiau atitinka slaptesnį mūsų regimojo pasaulio lygį. Juk dvasia pati savaime - ideali, nematoma, bet būtent "šviesa" elfams buvo metafora, geriausiai ją apibūdinanti. Žr. žemiau. Ir vargu, ar nazgūlų dvasios turėtų šalmus... Tai jau panašiau į jų kūno atmintį. Tiesa, materija ir idėja čia susilieja ir susipina kaip reikiant, todėl ir sunku atrinkti. Žr. toliau.
Apie elfų mirimą, grįžimą ir kt. yra daug. Ir įvairiai, bet esmė - nuosekli. Pirma - kas yra HoME Vol10 Ch3. Elfai (bei žmonės) turi kūną hroa ir dvasią fëa (spirit - gal kas žino, ar tai bažnytiškai siela, ar dvasia?), bet bent jau kuklia nuomone dvasia turėtų čia būti panaši į krikščionių įsivaizduojamą, nemateriali ir nematoma - po kūno mirties "it becomes invisible to bodily eyes (though clearly perceptible by direct awareness to other fëar)". Būtent fëa keliauja į Mandosą (bet gali nepaklusti kvietimui ten - ir su tokia fëa geriau būti atsargiam). Beje,
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in the
Halls of Waiting little mingling or communing of kind with
kind, or indeed of any one fëa with another. For the houseless
fëa is solitary by nature, and turns only towards those with
whom, maybe, it formed strong bonds of love in life.
Ir po tam tikro laukimo ir "gydymo" gali būti iš ten paleista, nes ji skirta būti būtent kartu su kūnu. Ankstyvoji koncepcija buvo - kad ji atgimsta kaip naujagimis. Bet po to (žr. HoME Vol10 Ch4, taip, Athrabeth) JRRT persigalvojo - juk naujasis kūnas nebus jai taip priderintas kaip tikrasis. Tad
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... my father then asked
whether it might not be possible that the 'houseless' fëa was itself
allowed (being instructed) to rebuild its hroa from its memory (and
this, as appears from very late writing on the subject of the reincarna-
tion of Glorfindel of Gondolin, became his firm and stable view of the
matter). He wrote here: 'Memory by a fëa of experience is evidently
powerful, vivid, and complete. So the underlying conception is that
"matter" will be taken up into "spirit", by becoming part of its
knowledge - and so rendered timeless and under the spirit's com-
mand. As the Elves remaining in Middle-earth slowly "consumed"
their bodies - or made them into raiments of memory? The resurrec-
tion of the body (at least as far as Elves were concerned) was in a sense
incorporeal. But while it could pass physical barriers at will, it could at
will oppose a barrier to matter. If you touched a resurrected body you
felt it. Or if it willed it could simply elude you - disappear. Its position
in space was at will.'
" Normally they must nonetheless remain in Aman.", bet Glorfindelis galėjo atplaukti?
O švytinti Frodo anapusiniame pasaulyje figūra labai atitinka HoME Vol10 Ch3
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For though the fëa in
itself is not visible to bodily eyes, it is in light that the Eldar find
the most fitting symbol in bodily terms of the indwelling spirit, 'the
light of the house' or coacalina as they also name it. And those in
whom the fëa is strong and untainted, they say, appear even to
mortal eyes to shine at times translucent (albeit faintly), as though a
lamp burned within.
Viduržemėje gyvenančių elfų lemtis (Ch3):
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As ages passed the dominance of their fëar ever increased,
'consuming' their bodies (as has been noted). The end of this
process is their 'fading', as Men have called it; for the body
becomes at last, as it were, a mere memory held by the fëa; and
that end has already been achieved in many regions of Middle-
earth, so that the Elves are indeed deathless and may not be
destroyed or changed.
O kaip atskirti, ar bendrauji su bename dvasia, ar su išblėsusiuoju?
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Those who give evil counsel, or speak against the
Rulers (or if they dare, against the One), are evil, and should be
shunned whether bodied or unbodied. Moreover, the Lingerers
are not houseless, though they may seem to be. They do not
desire bodies, neither do they seek shelter, nor strive for mastery
over body or mind. Indeed they do not seek converse with Men
at all, save maybe rarely, either for the doing of some good, or
because they perceive in a Man's spirit some love of things
ancient and fair. Then they may reveal to him their forms
(through his mind working outwardly, maybe), and he will
behold them in their beauty. Of such he may have no fear,
though he may feel awe of them. For the Houseless have no
forms to reveal, and even if it were within their power (as some
Men say) to counterfeit elvish forms, deluding the minds of Men
with fantasies, such visions would be marred by the evil of their
intent. For the hearts of true Men uprise in joy to behold the
true likenesses of the First-born, their elder kindred; and this joy
nothing evil can counterfeit.
(paskutinis sakinys - šlykštukui. O pirmas mums ateistams)
Moralas: jei nori būti elfas, reikia perskaityt "Morgoth's Ring". Stengiuosi.
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Net nežinau.. nusipelnę elfai po mirties gali grįžti į Viduržemę?..
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