The new Fyrgen podcast concludes the lengthy conversation between Eros and I about the worldly and spiritual vitality of Tolkien's work. It's long - very long. I won't apologise for that because anyone who truly senses the significance in Tolkien's work will welcome a thorough exploration. It's the sort of 'content' I myself crave.

It's not long for the sake of being long, and there's no 'filler' conversation. It's long despite our best attempts at being concise, and even at times truncating a talking point to move onto the next. We had to do justice to the great man's work.

As you'll hear us discuss, The Lord of the Rings is something of an initiatory experience, and I believe was designed to be that all along. Initiations are not supposed to be brief, because one of their primary tasks is to filter out those who are not ready for them.

Listen to the 2 parts in bite-sized chunks if you need to. But if you follow the Fyrgen podcast, do not be put off by the unusual length of these. They are, as I've said before, among the most important podcasts I've produced to date.