Flesh and Blood: Interrogating Freud on Human Sacrifice, Real and Imagined

by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Fears and stories about an underground religion devoted to Satan, which demands and carries out child sacrifice, appeared in the United States in the late twentieth century and became the subject of media reports supported by some mental health professionals. Examining these modern fantasies leads us back to ancient stories which in some cases believers consider the height of religious devotion.
Horrifying ideas about human sacrifice, child sacrifice,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004424792
• ISBN13: 9789004424791
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"