The Law of Concealment

The use of scapegoats is as old as civilization itself, and examples can be found in cultures around the world. The main idea behind these sacrifices is the shifting of guilt and sin to an outside figure, object, animal, or man which is then banished or destroyed. Bismarck played this game to perfection. To a liberal, he was a liberal. To a hawk,. he was a hawk. He could not be grasped and what cannot be grasped cannot be consumed.