Sacrificial Traditions

It is time to decide how we should sacrifice the human offerings and there are several different ways to choose from. Decapitation, heart extraction, arrow sacrifice, disembowelment or throwing the offering into a cenote. What should we choose? The decapitation of the offering is done in a ritual reenactment of the decapitation of the Maya maize god by the Maya death gods, while the heart extraction is inspired by the Aztecs. The heart is pulled out while it is still beating, blood smeared upon the image of the temple's deity and the corpse skinned. The arrow sacrifice begins with the offering being painted blue with a white symbol over its chest, then bound to a stake during a ritual dance while wearing a peaked cap. Blood is drawn and smeared upon the deity's image and the dancers then takes turn shooting arrows at the offering until its whole chest is filled with arrows. Disembowelment is a slower death but not as elaborate, a sacrifice is bound to a stake with his hands tied behind his head and then disemboweled. The offerings can also be thrown into our Sacred Cenote.