Post by artanaro on Nov 18, 2005 15:35:03 GMT -5
I felt that this is another relevant place to put this material since it does involve memory of the place known now as Imladris or Rivendell
A few days ago I experienced some flashes of recollection of an ancient time, the Third Age of this world actually. I was in the place that Tolkien names Rivendell or Imladris (though I have this nagging feeling that those names were never used during that time, at least not among the Elves residing therein).
I remembered tastes of certain foods, namely breads and teas came through strongly. These tastes were quite otherworldly in comparison to the tastes one can experience today. They were grown by a group of elven women called the daughters/maidens of Yavanna, who sang to and nurtured the plants imbuing them with light if you will. They were skilled at nurturing song and could strengthen and quicken the growth of trees and plants. It was as if the trees and plants sang back in response to the elven singing. I get the sense that this group was composed chiefly of elven women.
They could strengthen the effects of herbs through their nurturing methods taught to them by the Valar. This would make teas to be much more potent and healing than the teas grown by other races.
(All of this kind of reminds me of the genetic engineering of plants to strengthen specific qualities of the plant....difference is the elven method did not force the plants and was a more harmonious method).. There were many plants and herbs brought from Aman or given as gifts to the elves by certain Maiar.
I have tried to put together all of the flashes I had into a somewhat coherent whole.
Namarie
Artanaro
A few days ago I experienced some flashes of recollection of an ancient time, the Third Age of this world actually. I was in the place that Tolkien names Rivendell or Imladris (though I have this nagging feeling that those names were never used during that time, at least not among the Elves residing therein).
I remembered tastes of certain foods, namely breads and teas came through strongly. These tastes were quite otherworldly in comparison to the tastes one can experience today. They were grown by a group of elven women called the daughters/maidens of Yavanna, who sang to and nurtured the plants imbuing them with light if you will. They were skilled at nurturing song and could strengthen and quicken the growth of trees and plants. It was as if the trees and plants sang back in response to the elven singing. I get the sense that this group was composed chiefly of elven women.
They could strengthen the effects of herbs through their nurturing methods taught to them by the Valar. This would make teas to be much more potent and healing than the teas grown by other races.
(All of this kind of reminds me of the genetic engineering of plants to strengthen specific qualities of the plant....difference is the elven method did not force the plants and was a more harmonious method).. There were many plants and herbs brought from Aman or given as gifts to the elves by certain Maiar.
I have tried to put together all of the flashes I had into a somewhat coherent whole.
Namarie
Artanaro
