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Sacrifice—The Head Beneath the Altar

Sacrifice—The Head Beneath the Altar

In the movie, Indiana Jones stumbles upon the Temple of Doom, where a cult worshiping the fearsome Hindu goddess Kali practices human sacrifice. The movie is fantasy. The setting is India. The sacrifice scene—the blonde nightclub singer in a cage dangling over a fiery pit—is the creation of co-writer George […]

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May 5, 2014 at 9:23 amResearch

Students Visit Devotees of Krishna at End of 24-Hour Worship

Dr. Brian Collins and Sharon Fritz, left of Collins.

“Tucked away in the unlikely hills of West Virginia stands a remarkable community brought together by a common belief,” says Sharon Fritz ’15. “The beauty of rural West Virginia is surpassed by the splendor of the temples and grounds of New Vrindaban, and by the hospitality of the devotees,” she […]

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April 24, 2014 at 1:58 pmIn Class