The Cult of Urizen
An English cult devoted to Urizen attempted to harness his power and bring about his return. They felt that there was a fundamental lack of a balancing force between Heaven and Hell and that in the absence of this force Urizen would rise to fill that void. It began with a series of ceremonies which began with 13 souls and during each full moon one member of the group was chosen as the sacrificial lamb or “bunny”. The bunny would be hunted by the group, killed, cooked and then eaten. The act of consuming the bunny was supposed to fuse their souls together and the goal was to continue until only one soul remained, which would be the vessel through which Urizen would return. This ceremony was interrupted by Spawn, who poisoned the cult's latest 'meal' with his magic. When they consumed their friend, the remaining members of the cult began to vomit up their own organs, which lead to the death of the cult and ended their threat.
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