Murder in the Name of Witchcraft

Black magic paraphernalia found on Rancho Sta. Elena

To appease the spirits, witches offer animal sacrifices and pour the blood on the earth or on sacred vessels. The more copious the blood, the more appeased the spirit. In severe cases and extreme rituals that need the full satisfaction of the spirit, human sacrifices are offered. The more pain inflicted on the person while alive, the happier the spirit will be.

The favorite human sacrifices are children because their blood is purer and they scream with unbearable pain and beg for mercy. The head, arms and legs are severed with accurate precision and the blood collected and mixed with other parts of the body and used to make potions and liniments.

Those who are guilty of human sacrifices do not think in terms of the pain and the horror of the act. They think in terms of offering a perfect ritual to a supernatural being and get their rewards – mostly revenge on an enemy or erring lover, or the return of a wife, husband or lover.

The sacrifice of human lives is a practice in Africa where people believe in the potency of ritual killing and draining a child’s blood was the highest form of offering – and the blood was drained while the child was alive.

Those practicing ritual killing prey on the poor and the homeless because no search will be instigated. In Mexico, the 1989 kidnapping of American student Mark Kilroy led to the discovery of mutilated bodies in Rancho Santa Elena and the subsequent identification of the cult leader, and the arrest of his cohorts.

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