/lit/ - Literature

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>Why is our deepest desire cannibalism? I've heard this theory before, but I've never heard much of an explanation for it.
To be clear - I am not a cannibal in terms of fetish but here we go. Bataille establishes very clearly that there is two forms of religious power which is manna and taboo. Manna is the power one has to act against a taboo and is reserved for kings or what have you. Total universal taboo is cannibalism and as such only the most powerful of all people, or people who have conquered another most totally, could do this and it would be done in secret. However, Christ's sacrifice is total submission and gives total power to him. Alternatively, look at pic rel and just imagine that, not if you desired to eat her, you could actually eat this woman if you had the power to eat her (to really hammer this home - this is a thought exercise and I don't have a cannibalism fetish or anything but I performed the thought exercise and it's scary). Pay attention to what your mind does.