Strangest Rituals in Ancient Times part 2
one particularly strange ritual was the religious
Self-Mutilation:
In ancient Greece, one particularly strange ritual was the religious practice of self-mutilation. The followers of Cybele, a goddess of fertility, would sometimes engage in extreme acts of self-harm during their worship. These acts included castration, self-flagellation, and even self-emasculation. The purpose of such rituals was to transcend the physical and achieve a higher spiritual connection with
the deity they worshipped. It is hard for us to fathom the level of devotion and belief that would drive individuals to inflict such extreme pain upon themselves.
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Tea set by a suffragette
Pankhurst is a name well known to the history of women’s suffrage. Who hasn't heard the name Emmaline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an all-women organisation campaigning for the right to vote? The group that helped to achieve the right to vote for women in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. Some know of her daughter Christabel, both being honoured by the Pankhurst memorial in Victoria Palace Gardens, London, right next to the UK Parliament buildings. Sylvia Pankhurst is notably not included in the monument. Why? Because she split with the WSPU to campaign against Britain's entry into First World War.
By Raymond G. Taylor7 days ago in Art
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