participation in the larger drama of our time. But for civilized 
man the idea of participation is strictly limited. Not for him the 
depth participation that erases the boundaries of individual 
awareness as in the Indian cult of darshan , the mystic 
experience of the physical presence of vast numbers of people.

     A game is a machine that can get into action only if the 
players consent to become puppets for a time. For individualist 
Western man, much of his “adjustment” to society has the 
character of a personal surrender to the collective demands. 
Our games help both to teach us this kind of adjustment and 
also to provide a release from it. The uncertainty of the 
outcomes of our contests makes a rational excuse for the 
mechanical rigor of the rules and procedures of the game.

     When the social rules change suddenly, then previously