Frodos Quest: Living the Myth in The Lord of the Rings

by Robert S. Ellwood

Robert Ellwood, a scholar of world religions, finds ancient wisdom in this twentieth-century bestseller concerning the quests we are all called to go on. "Like Frodo," he says, "we each experience challenges that propel us on our own adventure-finally that of exploring the inner worlds and the meaning of our lives." Revisiting Middle-earth as a realm for personal discovery, Ellwood presents Tolkien's story as a tale of every reader's higher consciousness, death and rebirth, and triumph over evil. He teaches us to recognize the characters as archetypes we can meet in ourselves: a spritual guide like Gandalf, a friend like Sam, or, heaven forbid, shadows like Orcs or Ringwraiths. He also provides meditational exercises to help us overcome the trials we face as we make our lives into great journeys instead of dull routine. So be it! Let the Quest begin!

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Robert S. Ellwood is an American academic, author and expert on world religions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

Reviews

[Kelly]

This book is not what I thought it would be. But if you were already interested or open to theosophy, or astral planes, etc., you would like this book. There wasn't enough about theosophy to to give me a grounding in it so the author's comparisons and examples were kinda lost on me.
Honestly, it made me realize that the movie has overtaken all my memories of the book, and I need to reread the Trilogy again!

[Diana]

Mostly a retelling of The Lord of the Rings.

[Kezia]

I.. it didnt give me a good feeling. It played with the spiritual realm more than I liked.

[miyopastronot]

Middle Earth'lü her şeye, her zaman varım.

"Frodo'nun Arayışı: Tolkien'in Yüzüklerin Efendisi'nde Yaşamak" kitabını sahafta görür görmez almıştım, okumak yeni nasip oldu. Okurken tatlı bilgilere sahip oldum, bazen bildiklerimi görünce mutlu oldum, hatta gurur duydum. Su gibi akıp gitti nitekim. Ben de büyüyünce böyle bi' kitap yazacağım! Angelina Jolie olamadıysak, elfçe bilgimiz var çok şükür.

Not: Aragorn çiziminiz olmamış. Bu yüzden 1 puanınızı kırıyorum, hadi koçlarım. :p