Lost Angels by David J. Schow

Author:David J. Schow
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Horror, Short Stories (Single Author), Fiction, American, General, Horror Tales
ISBN: 9781930235069
Publisher: Babbage Press
Published: 1990-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

THE FALLING MAN

In the Major Arcana of the Tarot there exists an almost forgotten twenty-third card.

The known cards are called "keys," and are said to correspond with each of the Paths of Life, or to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The Fool has no number; it is the card that melds the ends of the circle of twenty-one. The Fool is generally depicted as an inexperienced youth about to step off the edge of a precipice, denoting the passage into maturity and the need to choose a philosophy — to gain wisdom or embrace the bliss of ignorance.

The forgotten card is The Falling Man. It stands outside the unending circle formed by the cards of the Major Arcana. It is a wild card, a skeleton "key." Its subject is the victim of irresistible forces of chaos, caprice, or circumstance. Reversed, it denotes concealed manipulation and too much control.

Catching The Falling Man in your Tarot throw is like having your car totaled by an uninsured illegal alien. It is the one card that forces readers to dissemble, and soften their evaluations. Their eyes avert, because the eyes cannot lie and make things better.

So, as with all unresolvable irritants, The Falling Man has been swept under the rug. But it is as unfailing a force as the gravity it depicts, and its influence persists in defiance of historical subterfuge, touching each of us to this day.

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