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   "Chris Hoelscher"  wrote in message   
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   > which leads me to another question   
   >   
   > did Ganda;f's posession of the elven ring aid him at all? judged as   
   either   
   > Maia or human - he did not forge the ring - oso it was not "his" in   
   the   
   > sense that Sauron's ring (as i am led to believe) was in harmony with   
   him   
   > and magnified his innate power - even (albeit to a lesser degree)   
   when he   
   > was not in possession of it.   
   >   
   > so judged as a man - did the ring enhance any of his human   
   attributes? -   
   > judged as a muzzled maia - could it have have enhanced any of his   
   angelic   
   > attributes/powers?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > also - in Lorien - Frodo was able to see Galadriel's ring - was this   
   by HER   
   > choice? or did his possesion of the one allow him to see this? if the   
   > latter, how is it that he (Frodo) never was able to detect Elronds   
   nor   
   > Galdalf's ring?   
   >   
   > i am the first to admit this is minutia, but i am thoroughly engaged   
   in what   
   > Tolkien meant - or what the consensus thinks ...   
   >   
   > tnanks   
   >   
   > chris hoelscher   
   >   
    I believe the purpose of the ring was to aid in the healing of middle   
   earth from the actions and malice of Sauron so the powers granted to   
   Gandalf by the ring were not powers to empower him ( pardon the   
   unintentional pun ) but to give comfort to others so my amswer is they   
   did not aid him by  granting him the gift of power but instead helped   
   him to aid others. As for Frodo viewing Galadriels ring in Lorien it   
   seems that he had been much closer and spent infinitely more time with   
   Gandalf but never to my knowledge did he ever see Gandalfs ring. Maybe   
   this is one of those questions with no discernible answer.   
      
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