It is not the sacrifice, whether it comes in youth or age, or the god remits it; it is not the bloodletting that calls down power. It is the consenting.

This--is so true, and I've never seen it written in a way that made me see the truth, before. Wow.

Wow--yeah, thank you for this. I've been circling around this issue for days now, and you've just given me the words.