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Ritual clamps were then used to staunch the blood, but Cybelean priests often died in the process.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jan 2008
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Cybelean temples were unusual in having underground rooms, one for secret rites and another in which individuals wishing to achieve spiritual immortality bathed in the blood of ritually slaughtered sacred bulls.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jan 2008
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Cybelean temples were unusual in having underground rooms, one for secret rites and another in which individuals wishing to achieve spiritual immortality bathed in the blood of ritually slaughtered sacred bulls.
Blast from the Past: Priest of Cybele Gravesite Found Jan 2008
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Ritual clamps were then used to staunch the blood, but Cybelean priests often died in the process.
Blast from the Past: Priest of Cybele Gravesite Found Jan 2008
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Along this russet-tinted wood, stood out here and there the bright trunks of birch-trees, and far above it, the pale blue sky; the abyss of heaven, strewn with milky clouds and throughout the course of this pathway arose like a Cybelean incense, a healthful and fresh odor that filled the lungs and infused a desire to live.
His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876
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