Mythic Mind Academy

The Silmarillion

Fellows and Companions

  • Length9 modules
  • ReadingThe Silmarillion, from the preface to the end
  • RecordingsCompanion videos and recorded discussions

Peder Balke, The North Cape by Moonlight, 1848

Welcome to our study of The Silmarillion! Whether you are reading this incredible text for the first time or you are already familiar with these paths, I hope that you will find new insights and community through this study. Although it is not running in real-time, this course was made with you in mind, and most of the original participants are still somewhere around these parts.

From the preface to the end, each module contains a companion video and a recorded discussion of the text from the live run. Particularly if you are reading for the first time, I recommend reading the section first, then watching the companion video, and then listening to the discussion.

Fellows and Companions

This course is included with a Fellow or Companion membership, along with every other current and future course in the Academy.

Course overview

What the course holds

Each module holds a companion video and a recorded discussion of the text from the live run.

  1. Course Introduction1 video, 1 resource
  2. Preface, Waldman Letter, Ainulindalë, and Valaquenta3 videos, 1 resource
  3. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 1 to 32 videos
  4. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 4 to 82 videos
  5. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 9 to 122 videos
  6. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 13 to 182 videos
  7. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 19 to 202 videos
  8. Quenta Silmarillion, Chs. 21 to 242 videos
  9. AkallabĂȘth & Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age2 videos