Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Dalton Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.religion.tolkienology, alt.fan.tolkien, alt.fantasy, alt.religion.druid Subject: Re: The chain that snaps Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:51:31 -0330 Organization: Eternal September Lines: 35 Message-ID: <0001HW.2F30096B02985B4630B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org> References: <0001HW.2F3007CE0297FA6330B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="53daad220868ea851bc1121e46e71f1a"; logging-data="167976"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Wn4t8N7wGzFT49pj1PxxSXGB70VnKH4Q=" User-Agent: Hogwasher/5.24 Cancel-Lock: sha1:rl8kdwVemwpc1lMW9OYOqRYyc+U= Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:653815 rec.arts.books.tolkien:20703 alt.religion.tolkienology:25 alt.fan.tolkien:16769 alt.fantasy:578 alt.religion.druid:45378 On Feb 1, 2026, David Dalton wrote (in article<0001HW.2F3007CE0297FA6330B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>): > From The Silmarillion by Tolkien: > > He chanted a song of wizardry, > Of piercing, opening, of treachery, > Revealing, uncovering, betraying. > Then suddenly Felagund there swaying > Sang in answer a song of staying, > Resisting, battling against power, > Of secrets kept, strength like a tower, > And trust unbroken, freedom, escape; > Of changing and of shifting shape, > Of snares eluded, broken traps, > The prison opening, the chain that snaps. > > I crossed off everything that followed. > > I hope to break the chain of abuse through my latest Imbolc > full moon global new age onset mystic activation sequence; > for more detail see my web page, with recent updates on > alt.religion.druid . For more detail on my Luthien Seagull experience, from which the above verse comes, see https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/luthien.html . Bradán Faoileáin -- https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break” (S.McL.)