magic

The derivation of "Inherent Magic" in Tolkien's works, at odds with Mechanical magic The oxford english dictionary defines magic as, roughly, the pretended art of influencing the course of events or producing marvellous physical phenomena by means of invoking spiritual beings or bringing into...

Do you believe that Hobbits had the ability to use magic?

Magic: Is there 'real magic' in Lord of the Rings? Here is a debate that goes on continually in the Role-playing side of the forum. I think it is one that would merit the attention of the great forum scholars!;) The question is: what is magic in Middle Earth? Is it just the inherent...

In the Chapter A Journey in the Dark, while gathered at the Doors of Moria, Gandalf says: "I once knew every spell in all the tongues of Elves or Men or Orcs, that was ever used for such a purprose." How can speaking certain specific words cause an object to react? I can't imagine that it is...

This is pretty much a straight-forward question: Could Legolas wield magic? I know he was an elf (obviously) and elves can wield some magic (obviously), but there are no accounts, to my knowledge, of Legolas using elven magic; why not?

Do you remember the first time that you read the Sil? I sure do. I remember being taken into this magical world that I have never imagined. The rebellion of Melkor and his struggle against his brethren. (At that time, I never understood why didn't he took the Valar one by one and killed them...

It seems to me that wizards and magic users and very rare in Middle-Earth. The only people capable of using it are very important people (Galadriel, Gandalf, Saruman, Radagast...). So the question is, how common is magic and casting in ME. I'm guessing you wouldn't see thousands of mages...

What's your favorite magic sword from any Tolkien story (or even from any other non-Tolkien fantasy story, that would be extremely cool in any of Tolkien's stories) and if you could bring one into the real world, what creative and witty things would you enjoy using it for, or doing with it...

The thread about why didn't Gandalf use his magic against the orcs of Moria reminded me a question I was planning to place here. What kind of magic could wizards use? Could they just cast lightnings and fireballs or could they raise things with their mind. I only remember Gandalf using magic in...

It seems logical that he would use magic against the orcs but he only uses it against the Balrog? Does anyone know the reason for this?