<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Silvan Sage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Silvan Sage]]></description><link>https://thesilvansage.wixsite.com/the-silvan-sage/my-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:09:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thesilvansage.wixsite.com/the-silvan-sage/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On Tolkien’s Influence in Modern Video Games ]]></title><description><![CDATA[All great creators have great influences. For Tolkien, it was his faith, his wife, Edith, a multitude of mythologies, real-life...]]></description><link>https://thesilvansage.wixsite.com/the-silvan-sage/post/on-tolkien-s-influence-in-modern-video-games</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63bb49a958d661aa388c0c03</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 23:11:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thesilvansage</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Tolkien and Stoicism]]></title><description><![CDATA["I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. 	‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that...]]></description><link>https://thesilvansage.wixsite.com/the-silvan-sage/post/on-tolkien-and-stoicism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6312b628b0ef9e3cab13a0c9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 02:34:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thesilvansage</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Tolkien and Dungeons and Dragons]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Then the pursuit was begun; and the earth shook beneath the horses of the host of Oromë, and the fire that was stricken from the hooves...]]></description><link>https://thesilvansage.wixsite.com/the-silvan-sage/post/on-tolkien-and-dungeons-and-dragons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62fed3d915615beba5999759</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:13:35 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thesilvansage</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>