Flesh and Blood: Interrogating Freud on Human Sacrifice, Real and Imagined
Fears and stories about an underground religion devoted to Satan, which demands and carries out child sacrifice, appeared in the United States in the late twentieth century and became the subject of media reports supported by some mental health professionals. Looking at these modern fantasies leads...
| Published in: | Brill research perspectives in religion and psychology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Brill research perspectives in religion and psychology
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| Further subjects: | B
the Blood Libel
B Human Sacrifice B Psychoanalysis B Freud B Religion B Satanism fantasies B Mythology B psychology of religion B Sacrifice B Satanic Panic |
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| Summary: | Fears and stories about an underground religion devoted to Satan, which demands and carries out child sacrifice, appeared in the United States in the late twentieth century and became the subject of media reports supported by some mental health professionals. Looking at these modern fantasies leads us back to ancient stories which in some cases believers consider the height of religious devotion. Horrifying ideas about human sacrifice, child sacrifice, and the offering to the gods of a beloved only son by his father appear repeatedly in Western traditions, starting with the Greeks and the Hebrews. This publication focuses on rituals of violence tied to religion, both imagined and real. The main question of this work is the meaning of blood and ritual killing in the history of religion. The publication examines the encounter with the idea of child sacrifice in the context of human hopes for salvation. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-7128 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Brill research perspectives in religion and psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25897128-12340002 |