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The Highest Altar book. This book attempts to illuminate the significance of human sacrifice in man's social and religious development

The Highest Altar book. In 1983 the author went to Peru to investigate the remains of the. This book attempts to illuminate the significance of human sacrifice in man's social and religious development. Anthropologists and archaeologi In 1983 the author went to Peru to investigate the remains of the 500-year-old mummy of an Inca boy said to be the victim of human sacrifice. Later he discovered that human sacrifice is still practised in remote areas in the Andes.

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unveiling the mystery of human sacrifice. Published 1990 by Penguin Books in New York, . Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-468) and index. First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin. 393. Library of Congress. xiv, 480 . p. of plates : Number of pages.

Anthropological high adventure as science-reporter Tierney risks life and limb to penetrate remote Andean sites and unearth evidence of contemporary human sacrifice. After a brief but eager introduction to human sacrifice (""from Israel to Greece, from the Old World to the New, sacrifice was the religious experience""), Tierney moves on to his exciting report on his Indiana Jones-like escapades in tracking down ongoing human sacrifices.

There are numerous rumors of human sacrifices during the 1979-93 conflict, but Blahyi was never punished for his .

There are numerous rumors of human sacrifices during the 1979-93 conflict, but Blahyi was never punished for his crimes. The Truth Commission's only mandate was to investigate the crimes. The International Criminal Court in The Hague only has jurisdiction over crimes that have been committed since it was founded in 2002. According to investigative journalist Patrick Tierney in his book The Highest Altar: Unveiling the Mystery of Human Sacrifice, the child-victim, José Luis Painecur, had his arms and legs removed, and his body was stuck into the sand of the beach like a stake. The waters of the Pacific Ocean then carried the body out to sea.

An extraordinary exploration of human sacrifice details its religious and cultural significance, and its practice, past .

An extraordinary exploration of human sacrifice details its religious and cultural significance, and its practice, past and present. 16 pages of full-color photos. Format Hardback 416 pages. Publication date 28 Sep 1989. Publisher Penguin Books Ltd. Imprint VIKING. Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom. Close X. Learn about new offers and get more deals by joining our newsletter.

Traces the significance of human sacrifice in humanity's social and religious development and details occurrences . 32 Bible verses about Child Sacrifice. Philippians - And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 18 Bible verses about God's Provision.

Traces the significance of human sacrifice in humanity's social and religious development and details occurrences of such sacrifices throughout history.

The Story of Human Sacrifice. In ''The Highest Altar,'' Patrick Tierney reports recent stories from Peru about the nakaq (under the names ''nanqha, or 'devils' '' and liquichiris), told by people who are wary of foreigners and who live under the stress of inflation, drug traffic, the operations of the Shining Path guerrillas and natural calamities. Mr. Tierney went to Peru in 1983 as a reporter for Omni and Discovery to write about a well-preserved mummy of an Inca boy, left to die as a sacrifice on a high mountain peak some 500 years ago.

The Highest Altar: The Story of Human Sacrifice by Patrick Tierney (Viking, 1989). Through Nature to Eternity: The Bog Bodies of North-west Europe by Winand van der Sanden (Batavian Lion, 1996). Dr Mike Parker-Pearson is a reader in the Department of Archaeology & Prehistory at Sheffield University, and was formerly an inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage.

Download The Highest Altar: Unveiling the Mystery of Human Sacrifice epub

ISBN: 0140139745
ISBN13: 978-0140139747
Category: Politics
Subcategory: Anthropology
Author: Patrick Tierney
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books; 1st edition (September 1, 1990)
Pages: 480 pages
ePUB size: 1678 kb
FB2 size: 1754 kb
Rating: 4.2
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Fenrikasa

I have finally struggled to the end of this book that normally I would have cut my losses and abandoned. However I was intrigued to see how bad it could get.

The author is obsessed with the subject of human sacrifice, particularly in Peru and the surrounding area. Even in his brief and unsubstantiated review of Judeo/Christian accounts he weaves this content into his experienced in Peru. Due to his obsession, his research methods are problematic to say the least

Were there human sacrifices in pre-Incan days. Yes. Are their currently an overwhelming number of regular sacrifices? The support comes largely from bribes to give him stories of human sacrifice. In his personal fantasy as something of a one man CSI adventure, every suspect death becomes a sacrifice - religious, political, drug trafficking. Questionable translation of terms and events.

The book concludes with comparisons with his new interpretation of a human sacrifice filled early Jewish history based on assumptions based on assumptions based on stretches in translation based on more assumptions. Christianity fares little better.

The only thing positive I can find is that I was able to get the book used. I was greatly dissapointed because a quality book on the topic is greatly needed.

Shakanos

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Blackseeker

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Gogal

The Highest Altar by Patrick Tierney is an amazing first hand account of human sacrifice why it was and is still being done in South America,and around the world all ancient cultures have their stories of a spilling human blood payment to the gods, all wars can be called human sacrifice as well it is an offering to our bloody alien gods....who have done a great job of hiding their existence, but deep research will bring them to the forefront of your consciousness, but many will fight this awareness today in church the pastor talked about the jewish blood sacrifices to god, he described how the perfect unblemished animal was cut up, (in human sacrifice the most perfect beautiful children were sacrificed by the Ancients ), I was stunned its the exact way that human victims are cut up....the pastor said that the blood is the life force that god demands from us, I say not "God" but fallen angels/demons or extraterristial beings who feed off human beings energetically and physically because they have cut them selves off from the Eternal Source. Why don't people get it any bloody sacrifice needed by a god is not the true God.

The Highest Altar is the most important book I've read this year the way he writes its like you are there with him on the adventure of a lifetime, he is a very courageous man who has given me the information that I have been seeking for a lifetime as I am Aztec and was horrified at their sacrifices, and couldn't find any information that answered my question which was WHY hurt other human beings, through my research now I know that they the people who did and do this are terrified of the "gods" who have demanded blood sacrifice for thousands if not millions of years using the upheavels of Nature to get people to murder for the good of all.

Walan

This is one book that will hold you until the end. Whether you are fascinated with human sacrifice, with ancient cultures of South America, with mountain hiking or with little known clues to the Bible, you will find all of that in Patrick Tierney's book.

The author gives a good historical background on the ancient Inca custom of taking children or young adults to the top of high mountains to sacrifice them to the gods. He then visits places in Chile and Peru where shamans allegedly practice human sacrifices even to this day. Tirelessly going from one shaman to another, to victim's families, police and anthropologists, he is able to put the pieces of the puzzle together, in a part that reads like a detective story.

The last part deals with Western civilization's own involvement with human sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity. In fact, claims the author, most if not all religions hide the skeleton of human sacrifice in their closets. Human sacrifice used to be an important element of religious practice that was eliminated in reforms in Judaism only to be brought back to the forefront with the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. Although interesting, that part makes so many various interpretations, most often hastily that it is difficult to digest it all and to take seriously. I thought his interpretations and detective work in the first parts of the book made more sense because they were more carefully articulated.

It is an out-of-print book but, knowing that human sacrifice is still going on in South America now well into the 21st century (look at the news), I think it is an important read, especially since so many books on the ancient Incas are mostly mute with regards to the extent of human sacrifice. This is, all in all, a very thought-provoking book and worth to seek as a second-hand copy.

Ueledavi

This exploration of human sacrifice meanders a bit, but maintains interest throughout. Perhaps it should have been organized into three parts. Parts 1 and 2 are very anecdotal as author Patrick Tierney gives a first-person account of his adventures in the Andes as he investigated his subject. Part 1 is as much about mountain climbing as human sacrifice. He scaled various peaks to investigate mountain burial sites of Incan child sacrifices. In Part 2, he spends time in the company of modern-day shamans to uncover the truth behind present-day sacrifices, culminating in a lengthy interview with Maximo Coa, a man who is famed for committing many human sacrifices. Part 3 shifts gears completely. Referring to the patterns and motifs of human sacrifice and the mythology surrounding it, he makes a provocative and fascinating case that sacrifices were an integral part of early, developing Christianity and that sublimation of and guilt over this fact has resulted in hundreds of years of anti-Semitism.

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