>>10875863 Smithsonian Comms re: VR experience dubbed "Curious Alice"
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"…….Here, too, fertility, death and sacrifice are connected. The husking of the corn is perceived as the same act as the tearing out of a sacrificial victim's heart, both accomplished with the obsidian blade. At the celebration of the broom harvest of the Earth Mother, first an older woman, and then a young girl were beheaded and their blood spread on fruit, seeds and grain to guarantee abundance……."
sauce: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harvest-rites-blood-for-b_b_746169