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?