Sin Eaters: Not Your Typical Dinner Guests
Sin eaters…what a vivid and intriguing term…among the eastern mystics, the great sages, it is said that many take on the karma of thousands and it is why they suffer as they do…Ramana Maharshi for instance passed away of excruciating cancer…thank you Sheila Renee Parker and Steven Fox.
Originally posted on Sheila Renee Parker:
The term “sin eater” refers to an individual that absolves the sins of the recently deceased. Consequently, by doing this it frees the soul of the one who passed on. This allows those who have died to eternally rest in peace and prevents the dead from getting trapped in the ghostly realm.
In many aspects, Jesus has often been referred to as a sin eater because he offered his life to cleanse the sins of all mankind. Other examples of sin eaters are Tlazdteotl, the Aztec Goddess of purification during the Meso-American Civilization and then from more modern times, Richard Munslow of Shropshire, England who died in 1906.
The ritual of a sin eater is the chanting of a prayer or spell prior to drinking wine and eating bread over the deceased individual’s body. Therefore, symbolically devouring their sins. By doing this not only does it purify one’s soul, but…
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