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anonOpenPress ago

Could this book help an underground journalist to gain any important new points of view? Or even to find some new evidence?

organic1 ago

Yes, there's a part that talks about statues that have the organs inside of them and some are created with the cremated remains. I believe this is the kind of statue Abramovic is using in her spirit cooking video where she's splashing/painting blood on a child-like statue.

Edit to add: To be more clear, in the book, O'Brien says that the statues are sold for ritual purposes and the organs and remains are from aborted fetuses and sacrificed newborns.

anonOpenPress ago

The route of such statues might be worth looking into. But I'm nowhere close to do that...

organic1 ago

I hear you. I haven't turned up anything that would provide clues as to where one would get them or any other information. I've tried all sorts of search terms even to find historical references about such practices. Seems like it would definitely be an underground/know someone type of purchase. Silk road product, or back room of a hoodoo shop would probably be a source. In the book, she said her husband sold them to people who knew exactly what the statues were.