Beneath the saccharine promises of eternal love and heart-shaped confections, Valentine's

Day is saturated with the echoes of ancient Lupercalia, where Roman priests

would flay sacrificial beasts and run through torch-lit streets with bloody

thongs, their ritual violence ensuring fertility through pain—a savage truth

that still pulses beneath every crimson card and candy heart we exchange. It

will rip your heart out – literally.

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