From Father to Son -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex:

Tolkien on Sex?

I just saw this on Leo Partible's site FilmPR

Fascinating article on Tolkien's view of sex, marriage and love.

From Father to Son -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex:

In 1941, Tolkien wrote a masterful letter to his son Michael, dealing with marriage and the realities of human sexuality.
The letter reflects Tolkien's Christian worldview and his deep love for his sons, and at the same time, also acknowledges the powerful dangers inherent in unbridled sexuality. "This is a fallen world," Tolkien chided. "The dislocation of sex-instinct is one of the chief symptoms of the Fall. The world has been 'going to the bad' all down the ages. The various social forms shift, and each new mode has its special dangers: but the 'hard spirit of concupiscence' has walked down every street, and sat leering in every house, since Adam fell."

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