A Theory of the Fall
1. The fall is not an end, but a beginning.
Expulsion from heaven is not a loss, but a type of existence.
The being that remains silent within God’s absoluteness speaks for the first time upon falling to earth.
And that voice is often a scream, sometimes a whisper, but always a primordial self.
The fall is not an exclusion; it is an expression of difference born from within holiness.
2. The fall is not the rejection of light; it is the acceptance of shadow.
The angel was “complete” in the sky; but completeness meant not moving.
He fell and was split.
In that split, body, desire, helplessness, and longing first appeared.
And every desire is not a subtraction of a part of divinity; It means to make it more real by casting a shadow on it.
3. The Fall is the becoming of the individual.
The angel who obeys is a figure.
The angel who rebels is a character.
In other words, the fallen angel becomes himself for the first time.
Rebelling against God does not mean becoming an enemy of God; it means knowing that one is not God. This awareness is the tragic consciousness at the heart of the fall.
4. The Fall is the breaking of genderlessness.
Celestial beings were neither male nor female.
But the Fall reminded them of the body.
They were introduced to flesh, desire, and birth.
5. The Fall does not establish a bond; it is the bond itself.
The fallen angel cannot settle, cannot belong.
But it touches, it leaves its mark.
It creates space with its shadow.
Even if it passes, its reflection is always there.