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February 7, 2025 48 mins
In this episode Richard Rohlin goes solo to give us an introduction about JRR Tolkien's vision for Universal History. Later this month he will be teaching a course on this topic.
Register now for the Tolkien and Universal History course by Richard Rohlin on The Symbolic World website: https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/courses/tolkien-and-universal-history

Cost: $150
Discount: 10% off for all Symbolic World patrons at the Involved tier or higher. Apply your unique discount code at checkout.
Live classes: February 24 - March 24, 5 weeks, 10 hours of lectures.
Lecture recordings will be made available with downloadable audio.

=====Timestamps====
01:07 - Introduction
03:36 - What makes Tolkien unique?
07:53 - Tolkien & universal history
12:28 - The Arthurian legends
22:13 - Redeeming the elves
26:45 - Redeeming the gods
27:40 - Medieval genres: Chronicles
29:35 - Poetry
31:17 - The Silmarillion
34:10 - Retelling culture-founding narratives
36:09 - The Lord of the Rings
38:44 - The novel
42:16 - Writing assignment

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