About 3,000 years ago, God spoke to Moses and commanded that two identical goats be taken up to Mount Zion, and that a lottery be cast: one goat was deemed “to God” and sacrificed as a sin-offering; the other was sent to the wilderness (Leviticus 16:7-11). The goat that was to be sacrificed represented the “good” self -- free to pursue Godliness – as symbolized in the goat whose destiny was to be offered as a sacrifice in the Sanctuary. The other goat was not considered an “offering” but...