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the Sabbaticals and they sacrifice tor him because they fear
his violence. They sacrifice to him when the Sun enters
Aries because it his sign and also if it entered Scorpio the\
sacrifice to him.
Thev also have what they call the youth test and that is
every boy that is bom among them without freedom then
becomes free they take him and put him in a house they
like. Thev put a piece of ebony wood in a brazier; they speak
some words over it. Then they put it under the boy's shirt.
If it bites him in his back they know that he is diseased, so
thev do not allow him in the temple to prav. If the fire bites
him from the front he was not allowed to the temple to
pray either and that is because of the fear of that he might
have committed a sin from behind or front, but if he passes
the test he is freed of all faults. Then he enters another dark
temple where he is blindfolded and the priest of the temple
puts a red Headband on his head and some dothes made of
the sacrifices that were made for him. Then he puts close to
his right foot a bowl witiifire in it and by his left foot a bowl
tlwt lias water in it The boy's mother on the other hand
brings a rooster and sits at the entrance of the temple. Then
the priest takes a copper, drinking cup, with fire in it and
starts threatening the boy to swear and say their secret
er and it is a private prayer for the Sun that protects
them aiL Then he releases the boy from his bonds and his
mother sacrifices the rooster for him. Then they untie and
open his eyes and the boy looks like a bird that lost his
sight. So he falls and starts shivering and his mother takes
torn and puts some clothes on him.
That is why no one who leaves their belief and goes to
1 p t her belief ever speaks of their secret because the
Pn^ste instructs them, that whom ever reveals the secret of
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