Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Inside India’s Underground Trade in Human Remains
India has long been the world’s primary source of bones used in medical study, renowned for producing specimens scrubbed to a pristine white patina and fitted with high-quality connecting hardware. In 1985, however, the Indian government outlawed the export of human remains, and the global supply of [...]
SOURCE : Rwanda says genocide victims’ remains used in withcraft
KIGALI (AFP) — Rwanda on Wednesday charged that the remains of genocide victims buried in neighbouring Uganda are neglected and have been used by in acts of witchcraft there.
Several officials made the accusation following a Rwandan parliamentary mission to Uganda last week but the authorities in [...]
SOURCE : Isn’t it illegal to sell human bones and skulls?
It is perfectly legal to possess and to sell Human Bones in the United States. One of the main sources of confusion on this issue is that prior to 1987, the majority of human bones for sale here and in other countries were prepared in [...]
SOURCE : Resurrection Men: Stalking the Dead…
Resurrection times spanned some eighty years between approximately 1750 and 1832 when the passage of the Warburton Anatomy Act brought an end to the period. During resurrection times and especially during the latter thirty years of the era citizens living in the major cities of the realm suffered from [...]
SOURCE : The Use of Graveyard soil and ashes in Buddhist charms and amulets
I am very fascinated by Thai magic and amulets and one thing that surprises me is that many of the “white magic” amulets contain graveyard soil, ashes, bones and flesh from the dead and also corpse oil.
Within other traditions of magic… links [...]
A touching and textured article – I can see why it won an award. It really describes what Palo is actually like for the people who practice it:
SOURCE : Spirits of the Dead: Palo Mayombe, a Mixture of African and Catholic Beliefs, Stirs Controversy
But Palo’s real problem may not be the “dark side,” on which [...]
SOURCE : kavuna
kimbi, whose construction Kavuna does not dwell on, was a huge bundle of red blankets and other materials containing the remains of a chief or other wealthy person whose body had been smoke-dried for several months. Each was deemed to contain and be empowered by the spirit or ghost, called nkuyu in this [...]
SOURCE : Dance of Death | Danse macabre | Danza Macabra | Пляска Смерти
Amazing collection of medieval depictions of the grim reaper – over 330 MB on one page!
SOURCE : Relics
If these aren’t examples of the use of relics, what are? In the case of Elisha, a Lazarus-like return from the dead was brought about through the prophet’s bones. In the New Testament cases, physical things (the cloak, the shadow, handkerchiefs and aprons) were used to effect cures. There is a perfect congruity [...]
SOURCE : Christian Relics – ReligionFacts
In Christianity, relics are the material remains of a deceased saint or martyr and objects closely associated with those remains. Relics can be entire skeletons, but more usually they consist of a part such as a bone, hair or tooth. Pieces of clothing worn by the deceased saint or even [...]
