{"text":"Tolkien did admit that, 'As a guide, I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving.' In other words ~ he wrote about what interested him ~ and despite his protestation of including anything allegorical into his tale, Catholic history and mystic prophecy obviously received its fair share of attention ...","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["catholic","catholic-","catholic-prophecies","catholicism","catholics","fantasy","fantasy-books","history","inspiration","jrr-tolkien","lord-of-the-rings","mysticism","prophecies","prophecy","prophecy-in-fiction","tolkien","writing","writing-books"],"id":14601,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"}