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Rituals are thresholds from one stage of life to another. They can break open the mind. And reshape our bodies. Secret, sacred, transforming. The rites of passage. Strange Rituals: Rites of Passage, H2 2016
From earliest recorded history humans have used initiation rites to make different stages of life. Initiations are rituals designed to permanently change a person’s role in society. Often they also change appearance. ibid.
All around the world we perform rituals from familiar customs to extreme initiations. Rituals help us mark the most important moments in our lives. Extraordinary Rituals s1e1: Circle of Life, BBC 2018
We’ll explore the extraordinary rituals that surround birth. ibid.
In the Amazon a family performs sacred rituals to protect its newborn child. ibid.
We still choose to come together for ceremonies in vast numbers. Extraordinary Rituals s1e2: Great Gatherings
In the mountains of Japan 2,000 men create a waterfall of fire in a ritual of spiritual renewal. ibid.
We’ll explore why we hang on to ancient rituals in a modern world. Extraordinary Rituals s1e3: Changing World
In Australia an ancient ceremony helps protect the oldest surviving culture on Earth. ibid.
Jainism: An act of self-sacrifice which is why in her ultimate test of faith every hair on her head will be plucked out by hand. ibid.
Bare feet walking on red-hot coals. Voodoo priests casting a spell. And ancient ceremonies used to ward off the devil himself. Can ancient rituals really unleash incredible powers, physical powers, psychic powers? The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e5: Bizarre Rituals, History 2021
Imagine taking a head-first leap of faith from 100-foot tower with only a vine tied to your ankle; how about drinking cobra’s blood to cement a brotherly bond; or burying yourself alive to achieve enlightenment. These are the rituals so surprising they are truly unbelievable. The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd s1e7: Unusual Rituals, History 2024
A 1,000-year-old temple built to commemorate the visitation of a god. A coronation stone used to channel the design. And mysterical chants designed for communicating with other-wordly beings. Around the world ancient rites and rituals are practised, but just who or what are we trying to communicate with? Ancient Aliens s3e5: Aliens and Mysterious Rituals
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Among the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza stands the great pyramid of El Castillo … Ritual sacrifice is no longer practised at El Castillo. ibid.
Many ancient cultures believed shamans could communicate with other-worldly beings. ibid.
In the area of Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, graphic depictions called petroglyphs can be found of ancient Native American shamans and the other-worldly they claim to communicate with.
One of these petroglyphs called the Ghost Panel depicts nine-foot-tall figures conducting what some believe is an actual encounter between shamans and star-beings. ibid.
Strange funeral rituals. Elaborate chambers filled with mysterious objects. And burial mounds all over the world. Were the tombs of our ancient ancestors gateways to the afterlife? Or were they designed to connect modern man with our alien ancestors? Ancient Aliens s5e6: Secrets of the Tombs
Spectacular burial sites that date back thousands of years are found around the world. ibid.
Saqqara, Egypt: One of the largest and oldest burial grounds in all of Egypt. ibid.
The Serapeum contains enormous sarcophagi carved in granite thought to have been transported from the city of Aswan, 600 miles away. ibid.
A mysterious burial mound in Ireland, one with star-maps that give clues not just to where the ancient visitors came from but where the dead may have chosen to return. ibid.
The ancient burial structures of Japan … Mozu-Furuichi-Kofun: More than twice the length of the Great Pyramid of Giza, it’s one of the largest tombs in the world. ibid.
The tomb of China’s first emperor … Futher excavation revealed thousands of these soldiers, the Terracotta Warriors. ibid.
[news]: An investigation is under way after a body was found this afternoon in the River Thames. The Body s1e1: The Body in the River, Channel 5 2025
The postmortem revealled basically that this was a young black child who had had his arms, his limbs, and his head removed, and in the pathologist’s view, skilfully removed. ibid. rozzer
The cause of death was a knife-wound to the side of the neck. ibid.
We’ve given him a name: Adam … and his community will be the community of London. ibid. rozzer’s press conference
We started talking about ritual sacrifices of humans in London. ibid. cultural adviser
Joyce was then arrested on suspicion of being involved in the murder and was brought back to London. ibid. rozzer
A group called the Guru Maharaj, and they are a religious ritualistic group. And her claim was that she’d fled that group for sanctuary in the UK. ibid.
DNA: Joyce was not the mother of Adam … [or] a maternal relative. ibid.
Adam was not born and bred in London … [but] Africa … areas of Precambrian rock. ibid.
The two areas where we got close matches to Adam’s bone was a place called Ibadan and a place called Benin City … about 50 miles by 20 miles. ibid.
Her [Joyce] passport revealed that her place of origin was Benin City in Nigeria. ibid.
What was the potential that people could get out of trafficking in children? For the first time it would appear that trafficking for human sacrifice potentially had happened here. ibid.
If we believed that Kingsley Ojo was the trafficker of Adam, then we believe or suspect he was involved in his murder. ibid.
After months of surveillance a search and arest warrant was issued for Kingsley Ojo and his associates. ibid. caption
We found lots of evidence around ritual and ritualism, artefacts, but we also found documentation that’s used in trafficking of human beings, false passports, duplicate passports … ibid. rozzer
Kingsley Ojo denied any involvement in the murder of Adam. He was charged and pleaded guilty to human trafficking. He was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. ibid. caption
These are barbarians who take part in these sacrifices. ibid. cultural adviser
In 2011, 10 years after the murder of Adam, at least 400 African children were found to have been illegally trafficked into the UK for ritual practices. They were all rescued by the British authorities. ibid. caption