> From: "ana l. valdes" <agora at algonet.se>
>
> Its very interesting, because it starts a hole new topic I am very
> interested on, cannibalism.
<snip>
> Since the most of players were catholic upperclass youngsters, the
> Catholic Church was due to come out with some explanation. Were all
> these people in mortal sin? The Church made a wonderful rethoric peace
> and state they were having a communion, because the souls were gone from
> the flesh and they ate their relatives. It was a communion and all were
> forgiven their sins.
Interesting - - in light of the view (that many biblical scholars) have that the Last Supper was a symbolic recreation of a Sumerian funereal feast. Seemed that when a Sumerian hero or king died, all the people shared a bit of the flesh, so that the atributes that made them what they were could be passed on, and not lost to the people. I think this relationship between these ancient rites and the Eucharist were one of the themes that Robert A. Heinlein explored in "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Grok that?
brandu
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