Siren

I met him in a bar at the International Association of Fairs & Expositions in Las Vegas nearly thirty years ago. We were both in the same line of work then and had similar interests. Our conversation went from work, to sports, to cars, the usual stuff guys talk about. After several beers he asked me if I'd ever been in love, then over the next several hours he told me a highly unusual tale. After my first book was published in 1992, I heard from him again, and he told me what had happened to him during the ensuing years since our first meeting. This is the very strange story of how his seemingly normal, happy life was abruptly interrupted against his will, by the uninvited intrusion of an archetype, or some other subconscious entity and the destruction which `it' whatever it may have been, caused him and those in his immediate circle. He quickly lost his successful career, income, and marriage in rapid succession. Here is what happened to him as he literally descended into hell, and how he eventually emerged completly transformed. I agreed to publish his tale since I found it interesting, to say the least, and very frightening. I could have initially dismissed what happened to him as purely subjective, that is, as some sort of mental or psychological break or aberration, had not the events been so entertwined with the physical realm. The information contained here was submitted over a period of more than two years as audiotape, which I transcribed and edited as needed. Due to the highly personal nature of what occurred he insisted upon anonymity, therefore I am listed as author.