Introduced to middle world religions before I could read, I have always been puzzled by the idea of sacrifice, especially human sacrifice.  This course and these books along with a myriad of videos and articles have certainly brought me a long way.  This is a game changing experience.  If this blog is about answers, each answer I find brings with it hundreds of more questions.




Currently reading:  (some mentioned before)

John Day,  "Yaweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan"

Nigel Davies, "Human Sacrifices in History and Today"

Jimmy Lee Shreeve, "Human Sacrifice;  A shocking Expose of Ritual Killing Worldwide"

Dennis D Hughes,  "Human Sacrifice In Ancient Greece"

Geoffrey Samuel,  "The Origins of Yoga and Tantra;  Indic Religions to the 13th century

Seeman, "The Huron Wendat Feast of the Dead"

Lawrence Wright, "The Looming Tower;  Al-Queda and the Road to 9/11"    (mentioned before)

Elizabeth Keck, "Beside the Chebar River: The Glory of Yahweh, Name Theology, and Ezekiel's Understanding of Divine Presence"

David Lewis-Williams, "The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art"

Miranda and Stephen Aldhouse-Green, "The Quest for the Shaman"

Karin Finsterbusch, "Human Sacrifice in Jewish and Christian Tradition (Numen Book)"

The Bible

The Koran

 

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

 

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