A fellow named Mick was praising honest mysticism a few posts back. He's wrong, more or less. When our Norse ancestors cut the blood eagle into some thralls back, I'm sure that many had solemn thoughts of the AllFather. In America, the priests of Ah Puch never cleaned the blood from their robes or hair. Only a saint could stand that. In Eurasia, the rites of Chernobog were said to have been deeply moving. When the British in India were hanging the Thugs, many of them refused to present a defense. Sacrilege, don't ya know. Mysticism may be a better excuse than none at all, but it's still no excuse. It didn't get any Nazis off, did it?