Easter: Its Story and Meaning (Watts Alan)(Paperback)

The forgotten origins of Christianity's most emblematic celebration "Easter -- by whatever name it may be known -- is a theme common to almost every religion and every people."
-- Alan Watts, from the book Along with Christmas, Easter Sunday is one of the two most popular celebrations on the church calendar. For millions of believers around the world, it encapsulates the central message of Christianity. Yet Easter has become associated with a perplexing jumble of non-Biblical customs: colorful eggs, chocolate rabbits, evening bonfires, children's songs, mischievous games, and more. Philosopher Alan Watts proposes that these curiosities are vestiges of a tradition far older than Christianity. In Easter: Its Story and Meaning, Watts goes in search of the lost origins of Easter, taking readers with him on a kaleidoscopic tour of
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