What were Sauron's powers in The Lord of the Rings (LOTR)? Did he have any magic or anything like that?

And before the downfall of Numenor, his powers included the ability to be incredibly persuasive (sort of like the Serpent in the Garden of Eden). But after that episode, he was never able to once again assume a “fair form.”

Yes, and Tolkien says (often through the mouth of Gandalf) that the Dark Lord Sauron is the most powerful, and most terrifying, being in all of Middle Earth…. and that his power, EVEN WITHOUT THE RING, is terrifying and could completely crush anyone in a one-to-one confrontation. Sauron could basically rip your sanity from you and destroy your mind. Really.

As I interpret this, you would never want to have a one-on-one meeting with Sauron (as Pippin did, in a way). To confront Sauron would be to confront a supremely strong Will, which could crush you through its sheer power to dominate. We do know that Sauron was able to dominate, and even control, Denethor and Saruman (two people of great power themselves) through the power of his Mind.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

And finally, Sauron has massive knowledge of the “lore” of two of the greatest Valar: Morgoth and Aule, because Sauron served each of them in turn. And, in working for these two powerful Valar, he retained the knowledge he would later use to forge the Rings of Power.

He could probably look at you and know everything you were thinking, if he really tried to. He might have discovered what Pippin knew, but he underestimated the importance of these little Hobbits.

He could look at you and cause immense pain, just by reaching into your mind.

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The powers of Sauron are related intimately to power, domination, and the supreme Will to control all other beings.

But what precisely are those powers… and how, if in any way, are these unique powers uniquely related to the Ring?

Tolkien is not always direct, but if you read the trilogy many, many times, or you just read between the lines, the answer is basically there….

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