First World War as Sacrificial Ritual |
Aztec Ritual Sacrifice
Removing the heart of a captured warrior:
feeding the Sun God |
Western Ritual Sacrifice: Battle of the Somme
British soldiers about to run into machine gun fire: Feeding Great Britain |
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Aztec Sacrifice. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560. (Priests hold excavated heart to sun atop teocalli) c. 1650 ref 1500 Aztecs Spanish Conquest. |
Carnage: British soldiers go over the top towards the waiting machine guns. |