Where Light Haunts the Shadow: Lúthien, Galadriel, and the Music of the Heart

The ultimate judgement is how I respond to Beauty.

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“Then Lúthien… sang a song of such power and enchantment that he [Morgoth] was wrapped in sleep… The fires of his evil were quenched, and all his court lay in a shadow as of death. And Lúthien escaped from his sight; and Beren went forth again, and his feet were as light as air in the halls of hell.”

Morgoth sought the Flame Imperishable be…