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Ritual Sacrifice

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Our final Halloween episode tackles a grizzly topic: Ritual Sacrifices. We explore some of the practices and reasons for sacfrifice throughout history. Note that there are somewhat graphic descriptions of some violent acts toward humans and animals. If you're going to sacrifice something, make it an inanimate effigy or other symbolic object. Happy Halloween 2025!
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Links and references:
  1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-sacrifice
  2. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ritual-sacrifice-0017159
  3. https://www.thecollector.com/human-sacrifice-throughout-history/
  4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27042932/
  5. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-human-sacrifice-propped-up-the-social-order/
  6. https://www.science.org/content/article/human-sacrifice-may-have-helped-societies-become-more-complex

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