[SunkenCiv]

File photo shows the sun shining through the door of a Mayan temple in the Mexican state of Yucatan. [AFP]

[SunkenCiv]

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[flowerplough]

“acts of penance preceding the spring solstice.

Maya priests used manta ray stingers to pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead,
penis
and other parts of the anatomy, in painful, bloodletting sacrifices to induce a hallucinogenic state in which they believed they could talk to their gods, INAH said.”

Penile penance?

[freedumb2003]

Very interesting — how they saw the world and what they would do to support their worldview is a testament to people today.

[2banana]

Maya priests used manta ray stingers to pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead, penis and other parts of the anatomy, in painful, bloodletting sacrifices to induce a hallucinogenic state in which they believed they could talk to their gods, INAH said.

Sounds like an average Saturday night in LA...

[LibFreeOrDie]

pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead, penis and other parts of the anatomy

Human nature hasn't changed much...

[Redcitizen]

Man has an inward need to do “penance” if they have not accepted Jesus Christ as Savior.

[colorado tanker]

manta ray stingers to pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead, penis and other parts of the anatomy, in painful, bloodletting sacrifices

I think the globull warming alarmists ought to try this to see if will make the climate cooler. It'd do as much good as their cap and tax schemes, and cost us a lot less money. Kinda like the idea of Algore doing penis sacrifice - assuming there's enough there to sacrifice.

[wildbill]

dear Diary:

Today I sacrificed ten children, thirty warriors and was pleasured by their thirty wives.

I will do pennance at the next solstice.

It’s good to be the high priest.

[Brugmansian]

Maya priests used manta ray stingers to pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead, penis and other parts of the anatomy, in painful, bloodletting sacrifices to induce a hallucinogenic state in which they believed they could talk to their gods . . .

Precusor to Democrats today. Folsom Street Fair types. Writers for the New York Times. DailyKos posters. Our "Safe School Czar" Kevin Jennings.

[SunkenCiv]

1000-Year-Old Monument with Image of Mayan Ruler Found
Art Daily | Sunday, January 24, 2010 | EFE
Posted on 01/24/2010 3:33:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2436355/posts