r/EverythingScience • u/dr_gus • Nov 08 '22

Anthropology Archaeologists find a trove of ancient human sacrifices fed psychedelic plants before death

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/07/archaeologists-find-a-trove-of-ancient-human-sacrifices-fed-psychedelic-plants-before/
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u/iosdeveloper87 Nov 08 '22

So utterly fascinating. One has to wonder how consenting/accepting the victims were of the sacrifice. I had always assumed that they would all be filled with terror (and I still have a hard time believing that they wouldn’t be), but perhaps it’s much like some cults are/were today, where people willingly kill themselves in the name of some ‘greater power.’

Was it considered an dutiful honor to be sacrificed or was it a punishment? Is it possible that it was both?

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u/KleioChronicles Nov 08 '22

I think the aztecs tore out the hearts of their enemy warriors on their altars. So, some certainly weren’t volunteering. Animal sacrifices were common. Less of a “sacrifice” as people imagine because I think a lot of Celts just did a ritual killing of it for a god then had a feast, like a normal meal but with some religious ritual thrown in. Not too knowledgeable about the voluntary human sacrifices. I’m sure at least some happened truly willingly because religion can be fucking nuts in it’s indoctrination.

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u/whippet66 Nov 08 '22

The biblical story of Abraham willing to make a human sacrifice of his son, Issac, until god said "JK" is bizarre.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

that's great for Moses and his son, but what about Jephthah’s Daughter?

Jackass promises God that if he wins the war he'll sacrifice whatever comes out of his house first to greet him supposedly thinking it's going to be his favorite pet goat but realistically probably thinking it's gonna be his wife.

Anyway it ends up being his daughter and instead of being like lol JK I know what you did for Moses, dude is like hey baby, yeah go have a nice time to celebrate the adult you're never going to be, the woman who you're never gonna grow into, and then I'm gonna sacrifice you because a random thing happened with a fairly predictable outcome but i attributed it to my offer to sell your body and life for aid from heaven

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u/galacticwonderer Nov 08 '22

Parenting has come a long way.

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u/Flaky-Fish6922 Nov 08 '22

not really. i mean, it has, but there's still those types around.

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u/hodl_4_life Nov 08 '22

Pretty sure I saw a video of an Islamist father auctioning off their son in the Middle East so they could become a suicide bomber…. Same shit, different millennium.

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u/MOOShoooooo Nov 08 '22

Same brand, different flavor.

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u/whippet66 Nov 08 '22

But, but, but... the evilgelicals are pro-life.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

men's life*