Alan Watts' Take on Polarity

I am currently reading Alan Watts' The Two Hands of God - The Myths of Polarity. I am not an avid reader of philosophy or religion, but the Hinduism portion of this treatment certainly addressed a lot of misconceptions I had about Hindu philosophy.

Take a look at the 'patterns' commonly found in the universe - and two that immediately strike you are Cyclicality (is there such as word?) and Polarity.
Cyclicality: Day follows Night follows Day and so on...
Polarity: Day & Night are philosophically opposite...

[Actually, plurality is more of a norm (e.g. seasons) than polarity - but Watts uses the term polarity to represent extremes and all shades in between. His observations would lose their forcefulness if they got entangled in the world's plurality :) ]

But I digress...

Watts succeeds in penetrating several symbolic rituals and beliefs of Hinduism. For instance, he explains the presence of multiple 'Gods' (such as Vishnu and Shiva) as manifestations of aspects of a single 'Godhead' (represented by Brahma), who pervades the entire universe that He/She created. Akin to ' A Spider being a part of the web that it weaves' is the analogy he uses. He does quote a bunch of hindu scholars, but it is all very well put together...

One interesting aspect of Watts' discussion on polarity in Hinduism is that just as there are opposites in the universe, the known also has an opposite i.e. there will always be things that are unknown. How about that for a foundation for the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?

Interesting stuff...