Stations of the Cross (film) Vatican Council, and holds to the Latin mass. Learning of the 14 Stations of the Cross that Jesus endured on his path to Golgotha, she thinks that this is what she also must go through in order to reach Heaven, and potentially cure her younger brother's autism. The fictitious Society of St Paul is based on the Society of Saint Pius X, a traditional Catholic Church organization of which the German co-writer Anna Brüggemann, and her director brother Dietrich Brüggemann, had first hand experience. Reception for the film was mostly positive. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film 91% out of 23
Ritual of the Bacabs to Christianity in the text. Almost every incantation ends with "Amen," and the thirty-ninth uses "Jesus Mary" ("Jesuz Maria") as an exclamation. "Ritual of the Bacabs" is filled with symbolism that has long since lost its significance and meaning. In his "Maya History and Religion", J. Eric S. Thompson wrote: "The only parallel which comes to mind of the Book of Revelation. Many plants, birds, and insects, all clothed in symbolism and allusions to lost mythology, are important features...even in translation the incantations are very hard to comprehend." Ritual of the Bacabs Ritual of the Bacabs is the name given