children/human sacrifice, the search for the eternal youth ,alchemia and the philosopher's stone is all connected…
a secret hidden in plain view…
easy to see once you connect the DOTS.
they burned children to try to get a "eternal youth potion"
they still sacrificing children and collecting the blood and eating the flesh,they may have realize that phosphorus was not the "philosopher's stone" but they are still try to get the same "result"…