If you are following a path that has a historical connection to ritual human sacrifice (whether proven or simply probable) - how do you see that in the modern world? Do you enact some sort of symbolic sacrifices (like burning a poppet) to serve a similar purpose in your worship? Or do you feel that it was something entirely for another culture in another time, and not something that is significant to your path?
...My question is, how MANY of the ancient paths had some sort of blood sacrifice, animal or human? I know lots of the major ones did; Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Celts, Mesoamericans... It's so very prevalent (and I'm a little ignorant, too, of what other possibilities there are), that I don't know how many blood-free paths based on actual ancient practices are out there for us squeamish folk who feel that recon is important.
That having been said, I know that some of these ancient peoples also used things like poppets and clay figurines in place of real sacrifices... so for me, when worshiping Sequana, if I ever were to ask a favor dealing with the health of my body, I'd potentially do as her ancient followers did, and fashion a clay limb or organ or whatever to put on the altar...
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