Episode 6: Hröa and Fëa

Episode Summary

Part one of what is currently planned to be a three-part discussion of souls, eschatology, and the elven afterlife, culminating in a discussion of our podcast's namesake essay, the Athrabeth! This episode we're laying the groundwork with a lot of terminology which Stef definitely enjoyed, and an overview of the various kinds of incarnates in middle-Earth.

Citations

• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring

• Letter 131

• The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faërie

  By Jonathan S. McIntosh, Angelico Press

  https://angelicopress.com/products/the-flame-imperishable?srsltid=AfmBOoosuD2fmzDZeS36rsMpMsWcRaK6C1nV3qzbI7odTKRZDmONgvfD

Episode URL

https://athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/733050e4