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The Two Hands of God

Alan Watts

I have suggested that behind almost all myth lies the mono-plot of the game of hide-and-seek.

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Alan Watts says he has proposed that nearly every myth is built on one underlying storyline: the game of hide-and-seek. In his view, stories keep repeating a pattern of something concealed, then sought, then found, whatever costumes the characters wear.

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