Long before the beginnings of civilization, humans have been sacrificed and their flesh used to produce sacred foods and oils for use in religious rites.
Deși puțin cunoscute astăzi, aceste rituri rămân adânc înglobate în simbolismul, teologia și sacramentele religiei moderne și aduc un sens mult mai literal &bdquo
Sfintei Împărtășanii” sau consumului simbolic al trupului și sângelui lui Hristos al bisericii.
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Cu mult înainte de începuturile civilizației, oamenii au fost sacrificați și carnea lor folosită pentru a produce alimente și uleiuri sacre pentru a fi folosite în riturile religioase.
In particular, he reveals how Christianity originated with Jesus’s effort to restore the sacred rites of Moses, including the 
Marzeah, or Feast for the Dead.
While little known today, these rites remain deeply embedded in the symbolism, theology, and sacraments of modern religion and bring a much more literal meaning to the church’s &ldquo
Holy Communion” or symbolic consumption of the body and blood of Christ.
 
Documenting the sacrificial, cannibalistic, and psychoactive sacramental practices associated with the Cult of the Dead From the prehistoric Minoans on Crete to the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews and onward to early and medieval Christian sects, Earl Lee shows how these religious rites influenced the development of Western religion.
These practices continued openly into the Dark Ages, when they were suppressed and adapted into the worship of saintly bones--or continued in secret by a few “heretical” sects, such as the Cathars and the Knights Templar.
Originating with the sacred harvest of hallucinogenic mushrooms From the corpses of shamans and other holy men, these acts of ritual cannibalism and visionary intoxication are part of the history of all cultures, including Judeo-Christian ones, and provided a way to commune with the dead.
 
Long before the beginnings of civilization, humans have been sacrificed and their flesh used to produce sacred foods and oils for use in religious rites