readoldthings

Great example. Tolkien and Lewis were part of a group called The Oxford Platonists at one point, if I remember rightly. When people ask me how Christian Neoplatonism is supposed to work, I often point to the Silmarillion.

I'm also thinking of Frodo and Sam's long trek through the desert of Mordor, only to be rescued by Gandalf (an angel) and the eagles after the destruction of the Ring...