Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-10

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

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Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-9

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. This book was released last November, so just a few months ago at the time of recording, and our community voted and chose to read this for our first book club of 2023. If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the first ‘section’: from “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age”. I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. This week we are covering Part One: Introduction: “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age” Resources: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Nerd of the Rings for Lore Videos (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdoftheRings Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop/silmarillion-readers-guide https://mythgard.org/academy/book-of-lost-tales-part-1/ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Athrabeth_Finrod_ah_Andreth https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Host_of_the_Valar https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Gleam-T-M-Doran-ebook/dp/B004UC7K4S

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Tea with Tolkien Book Club

Tolkien Reading Day

Christ and Tolkien Conference

Silmarillion Reader’s Guide

LOTRonPrime Update Page

Hobbit Party Page

Free Resource Library

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You're listening to Tea with Tolkien, a Podcast for the Hobbit at Heart.

Join us as we chat about the works and faith of J.R.R. Tolkien, and strive to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into our own daily lives.

This is the first in a seven-part book club series on The Lord of the Rings. These episodes will be released on the first of each month from now through March to accompany our Book Club as we’re reading The Lord of the Rings! If you’d like to join our book club, you can visit www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club. 

This episode is a quick summary of The Lord of the Rings Book I, meant to spark a conversation about the book in our Discord server!

Join us anytime throughout the month on our text channel, or on the voice channel on:

September 11 1-2PM EST

September 25 1-2PM EST

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm20

My full chapter notes can be read here:

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm19

My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor

Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-8

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm18

My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm17

My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath (Ch. 24)

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm16

My full chapter notes can be read here: Guide to The Silmarillion: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin (Ch. 23)

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm15

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm14

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm13

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm12

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/trd2021

Recommended Blog Posts:

How We‘re Celebrating Tolkien Reading Day 2020

Why March 25th Might Be The Most Important Date of all History

Why Middle-Earth Matters: 11 Reasons You Should Be Reading Tolkien

Beyond The Lord of the Rings: Getting to Know Tolkien through his Shorter Works

Reading The Lord of the Rings: Resources & Recommendations

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm10

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm10

Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-7

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm9

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm8

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm7

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm6

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm5

This book club will run through the end of May and then we’ll begin a new book club in the fall. If you have any suggestions for our fall book club, keeping in mind that it should be something written by Tolkien or at least someone Tolkien-adjacent, you can find me on instagram or twitter @teawithtolkien.

If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here.

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm4

If you’re following along with our Tea with Tolkien book club, this is week two of our The Silmarillion read-along! We are only on week two out of twenty, and we haven’t covered too much ground already so if you’d like to jump in there’s still time!

This book club will run through the end of May and then we’ll begin a new book club in the fall. If you have any suggestions for our fall book club, keeping in mind that it should be something written by Tolkien or at least someone Tolkien-adjacent, you can find me on instagram or twitter @teawithtolkien.

If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here.

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm3

If you’re following along with our Tea with Tolkien book club, this is week two of our The Silmarillion read-along! We are only on week two out of twenty, and we haven’t covered too much ground already so if you’d like to jump in there’s still time!

This book club will run through the end of May and then we’ll begin a new book club in the fall. If you have any suggestions for our fall book club, keeping in mind that it should be something written by Tolkien or at least someone Tolkien-adjacent, you can find me on instagram or twitter @teawithtolkien.

If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here.

So this week we’re discussing the first part of The Silmarillion, "Ainulindalë: The Music of the Ainur" as well as Valaquenta. These two chapters are separate from the Quenta Silmarillion, or the Silmarillion proper as it’s often referred, which we are beginning next week.

For show notes, visit www.teawithtolkien.com/podcast/silm2

If you’re following along with our Tea with Tolkien book club, this week we are beginning with our The Silmarillion read-along! If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here.

Before we dive into the The Silmarillion next week, I thought it would be helpful to spend a bit of time reading and discussing The Waldman Letter.

The Waldman letter is a letter written to Milton Waldman, an editor and advisor to publishers in London, who had expressed and interest in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion after the widespread success of The Hobbit. For context, The Hobbit was published in 1937, this letter was written in 1951, and The Fellowship of the Ring would not be published until 1954.

Tolkien had hoped to published LOTR and The Silmarillion together and this letter reflects his belief that the two were interdependent.

The letter can be read in a few places:

In part, on the Tolkien Estate Website (there is a large chunk missing in the middle in which Tolkien writes about the creation of his world and its history through the Second Age)

The Letters of JRR Tolkien, Letter 131

In the preface to The Silmarillion (second edition only)

This letter is important because it pieces together all of Tolkien’s stories concerning Middle-Earth, showing how they are all a part of the same great tale.

What’s in the Waldman Letter?

“My dear Milton, You asked for a brief sketch of my stuff that is connected with my imaginary world…”

Tolkien writes that he can’t remember when he wasn’t building his imaginary world or its languages, noting that almost all the names in his world are derived from these languages. This gives his works a specific kind of consistency which others may not have.

Tolkien has always been passionate about myth, desiring a myth that could be uniquely English.

Tolkien addresses that three major themes of his works are Fall, Mortality, and Machine.

He then goes on to write about the Magic of the Elves as Art versus the enemy’s use of Machine

After that, he launches into a summary of his world’s history, from its creation all the way through its third age, which I will not attempt to summarize myself for the sake of brevity and in hopes of simply encouraging you to read this letter for yourself.

To Hello, my friends! I’m so happy to share this recording of our live Q&A that was hosted in our discord yesterday. Dr. Holly Ordway was gracious enough to join us to chat all about her latest book, Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography. As a brief aside, I’m sorry my voice sounds a bit rough in this interview - I’m recovering from a pretty nasty illness, but I couldn’t miss this Q&A. I hope you enjoy it!

To join our discord, you can sign up with your email address at teawithtolkien.com/discord.

Dr. Ordway’s Website: https://hollyordway.com/

Order Tolkien’s Faith on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3qtie3m

Dr. Ordway Interview with Michael Ward: https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/tolkiens-faith-dr-michael-ward-interviews-holly-ordway/ 

Tea with Tolkien Website: www.teawithtolkien.com 

Tea with Tolkien Discord: www.teawithtolkien.com/discord 

Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-6

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

Episode Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-5

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

If you’d like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

NEXT Session: Aldarion and Erendis, part one: “Aldarion and Erendis pg. 66 - 82”

Resources:

Part Three Blog Post: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-3

Digital Tolkien: https://digitaltolkien.com/

Tolkien Gateway Page on Vardamir: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vardamir

Gideon’s Timeline: https://gideonslife.com/tolkien/secondage

LOTR Project: http://lotrproject.com/

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien’s Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader’s guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley.

If you’d like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server.

For the sake of our book club, I’ve broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we’ll be covering the second ‘section’: Foundation of the Grey Havens through The Life of the Númenóreans (pg. 1- 42).

I’ll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club’s discussion for those who may have missed our live chat.

Resources:

Tea with Tolkien Section Two Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-2

Join our Book Club: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club

Dancing Bears of Numenor Artwork by MGCoco-Art: https://twitter.com/mgcoco_art/status/1432839127641178118

The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv

The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa

The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96

The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8

Encyclopedia of Arda: https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/anadune.html

Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop

Tweet Discussing Numenorean Height: https://twitter.com/TeawithTolkien/status/1620142561422897153