J.R.R. Tolkien
The Machine / the One Ring (b)
The Machine = domination through external devices, bypassing inner growth; the Ring hollows its wielder. Lens on the centralized power structure. Devout Catholic philologist — NOT an occult initiate.
Also in The Apex in Literature & Philosophy
Isaac AsimovPsychohistory / Foundation — the recursion (b)C.S. LewisThe Conditioners / Abolition of Man (b)Frank HerbertThe Butlerian Jihad (b)Philip K. DickThe Black Iron Prison / VALIS (b+a)Rudolf SteinerAhriman / the machine-swarm (a)Martin HeideggerGestell / standing-reserve (b)Michel FoucaultBiopower / the Panopticon (b)Friedrich NietzscheThe Last Man (b)