ABSTRACT
Practices. The practices of T-e are rooted ritual and meditation, and are primarily relative to developing the personal relationship between the individual and the Valar. To that end, monthly, circa the Full Moon, the group engages in a formal ritual focused on interacting with one or more of the Valar. As the year progresses, there are also several Tolkien-designated holidays, or Holy Days, upon which ritual is also performed that is also relative to the Valar, the Ainur (the siblings and offspring of the Valar, collectively), and/or the Maiar (servants of the Valar). T-e members practice their rituals individually, generally communicating their relative experiences, lessons and consequent insights with each other, privately, online.
