A self-described autodidact and philosophy geek and farmer co-authored Mount Doom, the Prophesy of Tolkien, Revealed and by so taking on the task of spending ten years and finalize an analysis, actually delivered a stunning philosophical treatise by “unsealing” of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and accompanying text, the Silmarillion. Paul List offers an alternative intent fixed within the mid century “novel” writing a (and timely) interpretation of Oxford scholar J.R.R. Tolkien’s popular trilogy in the terms of Western and Catholic philosophy.
Paul List said in book promotion interview with Mike Adams, Health Ranger, that Tolkien’s prophecy was ultimately of the threat to the human soul by the digital age foreseen at the birth of Turing’s child computer. Paul List states confidently that the Lords of the Rings books wre written … in the manner and tradition of prophetic warning, to predict the devastating impact of modern artificial intelligence.
I’ve never experienced such disregard when explaining the premise and the research List put into this book to Americans. I do it a great disservice by recommending it, as I am a disreputable slob and reprobate and heretic. I refrain from advocating for the best books because I do them disservice by my own reputation and so am crowdsourcing this one. It might be a real sealed book if such a thing exists, as Mark Twain is remembered to have stated regarding the Books of Mormon when after having obtained the book he declared it to be “chloroform in print”. Some books require those that have eyes to see, perhaps.
Can we get away from the algorithm for a minute? Put away the peepstone or any idol and consider “what is prophecy?”
So Vargas3, have you yet heard this now, of Tolkien, of this idea, when works old and new can be deciphered by amateurs? Is there such a thing as a scribe these days?
(I’ve found the author’s promo material sufficient enough to explain the premise. https://www.readmountdoom.com/ (menu, interviews)
Brighton, The Health Ranger’s vid steam has it in an sixty minute chat with Paul List.)
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Additionally are there any other censored, stolen, “sealed books” that can be interpreted and quite mysteriously put people to sleep, besides the partially sealed Book of Mormon? (BoM has been stolen and discredited, ill-considered, heavily reinterpreted, though anomalous in origin and seemingly Christian)
I had supposed there was something else beyond fantasy coded or bound within LoTR; I had never considered it would warn of the impending digital age and A.I.
Traditionally, sealed books begin to become unsealed when the time of their fulfillment comes near.
From author’s site:
"J.R.R. Tolkien stated that he wrote his mythology to be enjoyed by readers – and yet, that was only the beginning. But are there more to Tolkien’s words beyond the “fairy tale?”
"For decades, interpreters have guessed at the underlying messages contained within Tolkien’s mythology. Yet until now, no one has pulled together a comprehensive interpretation of the deeper, hidden messages within the greatest mythological tales ever told.
"In ‘Mount Doom, ‘ Paul List and Ali Ghaffari show how Tolkien began with the most significant true myth, the Creation story from the book of Genesis, adapted it to the creation of an individual human being, brought in a prophecy about the greatest threat to humanity – idolatry and slavery as a result of over-reliance on digital machinery and artificial intelligence.
“Tolkien’s mythology is his warning to humanity and his hope for the revival of Western civilization. This complete reinterpretation of the Lord of the Rings mythology will forever change how the world understands J.R.R. Tolkien and his life’s work.”