Nice examples. I agree, they show the character of the knife-priests. It's all right there in the book. I think the same old things can be given new secular na

Nice examples. I agree, they show the character of the knife-priests. It's all right there in the book. I think the same old things can be given new secular names, and people can end up doing the same things -- or even worse. Adopt a new identity! Get a new name! Make a blood sacrifice to the blood god! Memes are tricky. They love irreversibility and they love to mark the body. What kind of cult? Occult, literally hidden (try showing it). Blood and sex magic.