The 'Precious' Wisdom in Lord of the Rings

LOTR is Catholic. More than most people realize. Here are six epic quotes, and the Catholic wisdom they echo.

I believe in muses—but not in the pagan sense of capricious goddesses whispering poetry into the ears of artists. I believe, rather, in something far more concrete and metaphysical: that angels, as ministering intelligences, can prompt, illuminate, and stir the human imagination. Not by overriding human freedom or inserting secret messages, but by assis…