I'm really enjoying these reflections on one of my favourite books, so thank you for taking time to do this. One (I think important) correction: the One Ring was not created by the elves. The elves did make the Rings of Power through knowledge gained through Sauron in disguise, but the One Ring was made in secret by Sauron in order to control the other rings, and the elves had nothing to do with it.
I'm really enjoying these reflections on one of my favourite books, so thank you for taking time to do this. One (I think important) correction: the One Ring was not created by the elves. The elves did make the Rings of Power through knowledge gained through Sauron in disguise, but the One Ring was made in secret by Sauron in order to control the other rings, and the elves had nothing to do with it.
Your post brings to mind a comment that C.S. Lewis once made: Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.