Episódios

  • Dive Ten (Part 2). The nexus of Dol Baran and The Lord of the Rings.

    Dive Ten (Part 2). The nexus of Dol Baran and The Lord of the Rings.
    May 4 2023
    Sauron is analysed here in all his diabolical majesty. Is he 'Absolute evil'? Tolkien felt that redemption was still available and grapples with the Problem of Evil. The Atheist considers this philosophy as a stepping stone to deeper wisdom. Evil is under the microscope here and it's ephemeral antidote!

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    1 hora e 37 minutos
  • Dive Ten: The nexus of Dol Baran and The Lord of the Rings. (Part 1.)

    Dive Ten: The nexus of Dol Baran and The Lord of the Rings. (Part 1.)
    May 4 2023

    This short scene, right in the centre of the whole book, is a fulcrum of decisions that prove to have ramifications of the greatest import. Setting the main characters upon their catacysmic arcs to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Finally the vital link betwixt The Two Towers is made and a Palantir is discovered (or thrown) and it is via this psycho-visual link that we finally, briefly and once only, meet the greatest diabolical villain of all English literature, Sauron the Great. And the contrast with his interlocutor could not be greater, the youngest, by far, of the Fellowship, Pippin. But is Sauron really that great? The Atheist in Middle Earth examines him closely and finds in fact a stepping stone of philosophical thought to true evil and how to best counter and defeat it.



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    1 hora e 28 minutos
  • Dive Eight: Wolf Fire!

    Dive Eight: Wolf Fire!
    Sep 8 2022
    One of the last magical acts of Gandalf the grey! An eye-opener, make no mistake.

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    1 hora e 32 minutos
  • Dive Seven: The Trial of Galadriel

    Dive Seven: The Trial of Galadriel
    Sep 8 2022
    The Golden Witch revealed! Her test, long in the coming, examined.

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    2 horas e 10 minutos
  • Dive Five: Angmar revealed

    Dive Five: Angmar revealed
    Sep 8 2022
    New evidence shines a light on who and what was this spear of terror in Sauron's hand.

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    1 hora e 1 minuto
  • Dive Six: Of Gandalf and Denethor

    Dive Six: Of Gandalf and Denethor
    Sep 8 2022
    This riveting clash examined.

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    1 hora e 47 minutos
  • Dive Four: The Failure of Frodo

    Dive Four: The Failure of Frodo
    Sep 8 2022
    Failed, or broke?

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    2 horas e 7 minutos
  • Dive Three: The Breaking of Saruman's Staff

    Dive Three: The Breaking of Saruman's Staff
    Sep 8 2022
    The end game of this centuries-long clash of wizards and ideologies.

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    1 hora e 38 minutos