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The '''Secret Fire''' | The '''Secret Fire''' is a mysterious power. It is perhaps the same as the [[Flame Imperishable]] and/or the [[Flame of Anor]]. | ||
The Secret Fire | The Secret Fire, seems to refer to that aspect of Eru [[Ilúvatar]] which is his Power of Creation. It was with Ilúvatar at the beginning, and later Ilúvatar set it (or an aspect of it) at the centre of [[Arda]]. | ||
{{quote|Therefore Ilúvatar gave to their vision Being, and set it amid the Void, and the Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World; and it was called Eä.|[[Valaquenta]], [[the Silmarillion]]}} | |||
The Secret Fire is also described as being part of all [[Fëa and hröa|feä]]: it is that Gift which makes sentient beings capable of independent thought. | The Secret Fire is also described as being part of all [[Fëa and hröa|feä]]: it is that Gift which makes sentient beings capable of independent thought. | ||
[[Gandalf]] the Grey referred to both the Secret Fire and the Flame of Anor at the Bridge of [[Khazad-dûm]]: | [[Gandalf]] the Grey referred to both the Secret Fire and the Flame of Anor at the Bridge of [[Khazad-dûm]]: | ||
{{quote|You cannot pass, I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass.|[[The Fellowship of the Ring]], [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]}} | |||
==Inspiration== | |||
Loosely, it could be taken as an alternate name of the Holy Spirit. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Fëa and hröa]] | * [[Fëa and hröa]] |
Revision as of 07:45, 13 January 2009
The Secret Fire is a mysterious power. It is perhaps the same as the Flame Imperishable and/or the Flame of Anor.
The Secret Fire, seems to refer to that aspect of Eru Ilúvatar which is his Power of Creation. It was with Ilúvatar at the beginning, and later Ilúvatar set it (or an aspect of it) at the centre of Arda.
- "Therefore Ilúvatar gave to their vision Being, and set it amid the Void, and the Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World; and it was called Eä."
- ― Valaquenta, the Silmarillion
The Secret Fire is also described as being part of all feä: it is that Gift which makes sentient beings capable of independent thought.
Gandalf the Grey referred to both the Secret Fire and the Flame of Anor at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm:
- "You cannot pass, I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass."
- ― The Fellowship of the Ring, The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
Inspiration
Loosely, it could be taken as an alternate name of the Holy Spirit.