Tarot Lösche's Cosmic Tarot by HH
The Fool Deck: Norbert Lösche's Cosmic Tarot Copyright US Games System, Inc
19 ISBN: 0 88079 395 3 [url=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InTheCards/files/Cards%20/Trumps/0/cfool.gif]Cosmic Fool[/url] John Dos Passos: "A man is never more his single separate self than when he sets out on a journey
" This is one of my all-time favourite Fool cards; the happy dancin' fool, the jester of mythology
Lösche freely borrowed from the RWS version and then, in his inimitable way, gave tarot back the mood, if not the iconography of the _mad_ fool from the antique decks
I find Lösche's imagery to be spot-on with my personal understanding of the tarot Fool
Some of the keywords I associate with this Fool: originality, annulment of reason, frivolity, without discipline, ecstasy, delirium, madness: but not foolish
Not foolish: for while this Fool may only have a smidgen of understanding and insight, s/he is on the verge of self-knowledge
This Fool may appear to be absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, and ludicrous
This Fool's actions give cause for us to label him as risible, because of a departure from reason, logic, or common sense
However, with closer examination and a bit of examination, that judgement may alter
This card depicts the common modern tarot version of the majestic mountainside panorama
A single misstep, a shift in attention, a hiccup or a sneeze will send this Fool over the edge and into the unknown
However, this Fool is not the seemingly insensate youth of many decks; this Fool has seen many years come and go and with those years the experiences of life have left their make upon this Fool's face and body
Remember the antique Fools? Like them Lösche's Fool represents, not youth in search of a spiritual journey, but humanity on a very human pilgrimage to reclaim spiritual identity, self-awareness, and wisdom
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