Even though I recognize this was a story about a fictitious commune/ cult set in Sweden, each of the horror customs and practices were part of many sacred rituals of Stone Age cultures to renew the coming of Spring, crops, animal fertility etc. It was a believable kaleidoscopic view of some unpleasant parts of our human past and what we can revert to in a moment's notice by following an insane leader scrape off our thin veneer of "civilization, " democracy etc. Attente!!!
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