Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26210095-20160404001701/@comment-26347028-20160404233733

Edacnik wrote: Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote: Edacnik wrote: Going back to "Magic is knowledge," how would you attempt to explain what the Rings of power were? Silmarilions. Flying boats. Morgoth's powers. Glowing swords. It goes on, and these are all things listed in the Silmarilion, which you claim is purely the "Knowledgeable elves" perspective. Sure, elves are knowledgeable, but knowledge does not explain all these numerous things, which are undeniably "magic." Flying boat? I doubt that Vingilot actually flew. Look at this article for instance.

The rings of power, and the Silmarilli, were the imbuing of the Fë of either Celebrimbor or Fëanor into an inanimate object, which explains their attachment to them so much - they were, quite literally, themselves put into something else. And so, whenever anything else put such a ring on, the knowledge etc. of the forebears then passed on to them for a brief period, for instance. That's just a theory of mine, but entirely possible. And Morgoth's supposed powers? What are you referring to, might I ask? There are numerous things you could call "power". And, well, I think "undeniable" is quite wrong for something clearly deniable. Alright. What is Fë, and what makes it not magic? I think this is getting tedious, as it's quite obvious that everything can't be explained without magic. Spirits... And they're not magic, they're just the laws of physics being weird.