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There are many diverse opinions on the best way to represent magic in Middle-earth. It is a greatly debated topic.
This page will TRY to put all the ideas together into a cohesive whole, that is coherent, and then TRY to assign game design methods to representing Magic in Middle-eart based on the philosophy, physics, meta-physics, etc.
First a list of the different opinions and approaches to Magic in Middle-earth:
Chris Seeman Magic In Middle-earth Essay
Erik Tracy Magic in Middle-earth Essay
This wiki will not cover all the philisophical debates, since they are already unfolding continuously on the www.merp.com website at the