Here is a great article about the Lord of the Rings ans it's connection to the Passion of Christ.

"In a letter J.R.R. Tolkien tells a friend that the central theme of The Lord of the Rings is the temptation to immortality. The immortality that the main characters must renounce is the vague but very real natural omnipotence offered them by use of the Dark Lord's Ring of Power. In their quest to destroy it the heroes of the trilogy—Bilbo, Frodo, Aragorn, Gandalf, Sam and Galadriel—all face the temptation to use the power of the Ring to inflate their present state of being beyond all decency and make themselves into a Dark Lord, all-powerful and immortal ".... read on below


The Passion According to Tolkien

Quote from C S Lewis about Phantastes by Macdonald ...


Amazon.com: Books: Phantastes

Here is the text to George Macdonalds' "Lilith" this is a second novel in the vane of "Phantastes" which is also highly recomended.

-Steve


Lilith, by George MacDonald

Welcome to Epic Fantasy Authors!

If you love Tolkien's works, and you can't get enough, then this is the place to hang out. I started reading the Lord of the Rings in 1973! I was in high school at the time. Tolkien had died in September of that year and there was a resurgence of interest in his books. Since then I have re-read them many times and also read them to my boys during the course of the movie releases. My goal is to open up thought and discussion about Tolkien and other authors like him, to reveal new vistas (perhaps through older works) and speak about the spiritual links and understandings of these works.

-JRRLewis