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Date: 13 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Subject: Re: Human Sacrifice
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Subject: Re: Human Sacrifice
>From: catherine yronwode cat@luckymojo.com
>Date: 8/12/00 8:27 PM EST
>Message-id: <3995FADC.45B8@luckymojo.com>
>
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> In reading about the Matamoros murders, i certainly began
>from the premise that Adolfo Constanzo was a sociopath, a thrill-killer,
>a serial killer, or what-have-you, but within a short time, as more
>facts came in, it grew obvious to me that he was sincere in his faith,
>dreadful though that is to contemplate.
No. He was a sorcerer following a certain logic in his ritual practices that
would be the same logic followed by a priest with pure motives. It is the logic
of ase, of energy exchange, which is the same for priest or sorcerer. Sincerity
of faith may apply to a priest, but it takes an abuse of language to apply it
to a sorcerer.
>No accounts of the Matamoros killings mention sexual abuse or the
>by-play of sado-masochism so common amonst serial killers, and there was
>no apocalyptic belief system such as those that motivated Charles
>Manson, Jim Jones, or the Heaven's Gate cults. In fact, The premise
>seems to have been strictly to apply to Zarabanda (or, alternatively, to
>Ogun, for Constanzo was both a Santero AND a Palero, by his own
>description) for protection from the gang's enemies,namely DEA officers
>and the Mexican Federales. Human sacrifice was said by Constanzo to be
>an efficacious method to gain Zarabanda's and/or Ogun's favour.
Probably a wrong premise. As proved by events. See a companion post for further
elaboration.
His
>success at maintaining an illegal drug-smuggling operation so impressed
>his Mexican and Mexican-American helpers that they, athough curandismos
>and Catholics, took part in what they saw as his "Cuban" religion, at
>least to the extent that they were initiated ("marked"), watched as he
>performed the sacrifices, and made the other offerings (cigars,
>foodstuffs, candles, etc.) which he taught them how to prepare.
>
>It's horrible, it's cruel, and it certainly was a tragedy -- but, as i
>have also noted in the past (and been chided for mentioning) such ritual
>killings, especially of children, are still taking place in Africa for
>religious reasons.
Again, we must be careful to distinguish sorcery, from religious practice. I
have elaborated on this point also, in a companion post.
(( cuts ))
>cat yronwode
>
Peace,
Grisso
"An offering of ... unassailable inner peace ... is superior to the [ase] of
blood..." -- Ra Un Nefer Amen
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