Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

This article is about a book by Stratford Caldecott. For the mysterious power in the legendarium, see Secret Fire.

Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien
Author	Stratford Caldecott
Publisher	London: Darton, Longman and Todd
Released	10 November 2003
Format	Paperback
Pages	144
ISBN	0-232-52477-7

Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien is an analysis of the works J.R.R. Tolkien. A revised and expanded edition was published under the name The Power of the Ring.

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Monsters and Critics
• 1. The Tree of Tales
  • The Hall of Fire
  • Going 'Inside Language'
  • The Notion Club
  • Tree and Leaf
• 2. A Very Great Story
  • The Hobbit: There and Back Again
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • The Triumph of Mercy
  • The Return of the King
  • The Scouring of the Shire
  • The Ring Today
• 3. A Hidden Presence: Tolkien's Catholicism
  • The Order of Grace
  • Star of the Sea
  • Lady Day
  • A Sacramental Universe
  • Marriage
  • The Heart of a Child
• 4. Let These Things Be
  • The Music of Meaning
  • The Gods of Middle-Earth
  • Ages of Light and Darkness
  • Death and Immortality
• 5. Behind the Stars
  • Elvish Aesthetics
  • Coming Home
  • The Healing of Arda
  • The Secret Fire
• Conclusion: Tolkien's Achievement
• Appendices
  • An Archetypal Journey: Tolkien and Jung
  • Tolkien's Social Philosophy
  • The Shadow of King Arthur
  • Myths Transformed
• Bibliography
• Notes
• Index