[GBA]

In older times and in other places, such rituals, especially ones that ends with a sacrifice, a voluntary(?) self-sacrifice in this case, do something, open something, allow passage for something.

Never, ever a good thing this way comes.

[Salamander]

The whole thing started out as a modern variation of the wicker man sacrificial rite so you may be right.

[Redcitizen]

You’re right.

[visualops]

you just totally creeped me the heck out.