I always had a feeling he was talking about J.R.R. Tolkien's works.
"He spoke of lands not far" (LotR was written as a fictional backstory for England)
"Nor lands they were in his mind" (They weren't real, though)
"In no time at all he took me to the gate" (The Black Gate)
shrug It doesn't fit as well as some of the religious things, but it's a thought.
I always had a feeling he was talking about J.R.R. Tolkien's works. "He spoke of lands not far" (LotR was written as a fictional backstory for England) "Nor lands they were in his mind" (They weren't real, though)
"In no time at all he took me to the gate" (The Black Gate)
shrug It doesn't fit as well as some of the religious things, but it's a thought.