THEORY OF WAR AS HUMAN SACRIFICE FOR THE CHANGING OF WORLDS, Part One

Wrote this essay in the summer. Reading Dion Fortune's Magical Battle of Britain inspired me to write it up.

Theory of War as Human Sacrifice for the Changing of Worlds.

PART ONE

Firstly, think of the changes in Britain after World War One- 'The Great War for Civilisation',the death of millions. The vote for women, the steady spread of Socialism across Europe, the many small changes to society and fashion as the last smouldering embers of Feudralism died away.

Secondly, think of the timeless practice of Human Sacrifice. The ritualised execution of individuals or masses of people for religious/ social aims. For as long as human thought has been recorded, people have sacrificed people to appease the Gods or bring balance to the Earth. Everything from the Aztec mass human sacrifice as their societ died to the modern execution of a criminal in the name of Justice is an example of human sacrifice towards the same ends- the improvement of society.

In the West alone there are many examples of the organised killing of many specific individuals (War) which have led to massive social changes.

The English Civil War and Democracy.

The Boar War,which led to massive social reforms for the British working classes.

The Russian Revolution, after the First World War.

The social upheavals of the 1950s and 1960s which folloed the Second World War and were fueled by the wars in Korea and Vietnam.

Did not the Nazis tried to build their new world with the systematic killing of millions of Jews, and did not the sacrifices of the bravest men and women of that generation stop them?

To be continued