Blood Ritual: An Investigative Report Examining a Certain Series of Cultic Murder Cases

260 Pages·2001·22.509 MB·English

by  Philip de Vier

A child is having the blood sucked from his veins in a ritual murder,
as depicted in this old illustration from Poland.
Cover illustration depicts the ritual murder that took place in Polna,
Bohemia (then a part of Austria-Hungary), on 29 March 1899.

Blood Ritual
An Investigative Report
Examining a Certain Series
of Cult ic Murder Cases
Philip de Vier
NATIONAL VANGUARD BOOKS
Hillsboro • West Vrrginia
2001
© Eagle Publishing Company 2001
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"He is brought
as a lamb
to the slaughter. "
Isaiah 53:7
This book is dedicated to murder
victims and other casualties of ritual
cultic violence in all times and places,
especially the little children.
These innocents, both yesterday
and today, largely remain unknown,
disbelieved, ignored, and forgotten.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: THE BLOOD ACCUSATIONS, THE ACCUSED, AND
THEIR DEFENSE
Defining the Terms - 9
Chapter One: Why This Topic and Why Now? - 15
Chapter Two: The Nature of the Blood Accusation - 19
Chapter Three: From the Temple to the Talmud: Key Influences
in Judaism - 31
Chapter Four: The Evidence, the Investigations, and the Courts
-49
Chapter Five: The Refutations: The Case for the Defense - 57
PART II: THE HISTORICAL RECORD: A PANORAMA OF
RITUAL CRIMES
Chapter Six: A Timeline of Cases and Key Events - 65
Chapter Seven: A Literary Timeline of Works Addressing the
Blood Accusation - 165
PART Ill: ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION
Chapter Eight: Cults of Human Sacrifice and Ritual Crime: A
Multi-Cultural Phenomenon - 233
Chapter Nine: Final Report and Analysis - 243
Consultative Bibliography - 250