He becomes entranced by the Montagnard tribe, even participating in the sacrifice ritual.

It is possible they were associated with sacrifice rituals.

First, the tecpatl demonstrated human sacrifice rituals when the victim's heart was removed; meanwhile, the makraka was used for beheading a bound prisoner.

I'm not saying that there wasn't a sacrifice ritual performed mind you, but just because the victim's blood was used, that doesn't make it so," I detailed.

Was this the start of the sacrifice ritual she'd been reading about?

This is a sacrifice ritual, to appease spirits.

Nolland feels the verse is simply using it as a turn of phrase to describe the entire sacrifice ritual.

The "lottery" of Jackson's story is a human sacrifice ritual where a community member is chosen by random chance to be stoned to death.

As you can see this whole episode started with Quinn Dexter's sacrifice ritual.

They believe that the sacrifice ritual originated separately within ancient traditional Pawnee culture.