I found a reference to the occult ritual of putting children's blood in mortar:
Another inveterate custom of heathendom which still obtains among savage
nations, was the custom of mixing the blood of a child with the mortar of a new
building, or walling one up alive in the masonry. Christianity struggled long with this revolting rite, and at length succeeded in substituting the burial of a horse or lamb, or the slaying of a cock.
Could that be "homoleptic"? If so, defintion from Wikipedia:
- a chemical compound in a metal compound with all ligands (an ion or molecule attached to a metal atom) identical. Using the word "homo" prefix to indicate that something is the same for all.
In the link for the magazine in my comment if you click on "About this book," then click on the cover, you see it's homiletic as in homilies, not homilectic -- sorry:
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exposethecriminals ago
I found a reference to the occult ritual of putting children's blood in mortar:
think- ago
Interesting. From which book is this excerpt, @exposethecriminals?
I was only familiar with the habit of burying a cat (dead or alive) in the wall. Which is gruesome enough, of course.
@Vindicator @13Buddha
exposethecriminals ago
It came up as a Google books result: The Homilectic Magazine, July 1884
Link - click on Page 115
13Buddha ago
Could that be "homoleptic"? If so, defintion from Wikipedia: - a chemical compound in a metal compound with all ligands (an ion or molecule attached to a metal atom) identical. Using the word "homo" prefix to indicate that something is the same for all.
exposethecriminals ago
In the link for the magazine in my comment if you click on "About this book," then click on the cover, you see it's homiletic as in homilies, not homilectic -- sorry:
13Buddha ago
Makes sense, thanks!