Body Modification, tattooes, piercing, scarification etc

1. Body Modification,tattooes,piercing,scarification etc History, origins, types of, and the Biblical answer

2. The Origins of Body Modification • Body scarification, tatooing, etc.has a long history

3. The Origins of Body Modification

4. The Origins of Body Modification • Body scarification, tattooing, etc, has a long history • These ancient heathen practices are found in all nations; • a Maori tatooed man,1860;

5. Origins of Body Modification • Recent renewal of facial markings • Maori Chief

6. History of Body Modification • In the Middle-east • from Iran 3500BC (note ear piercing)

7. History of Body Modification • from Iraq 9th century BC - King Assur with pierced ears

8. History of Body Modification • Chinese Buddha, 13th century

9. History of Body Modification • Polynesian chief

10. History of Body Modification • Africa scarification

11. History of Body Modification • African head-binding

12. History of Body Modification • Zulu customary scarification

13. History of Body Modification • Customary protection rites

14. History of Body Modification • Lip plate - Ethiopia

15. History of Body Modification • Alaskan man with nose ring, 19th C

16. History of Body Modification • Chinese foot-binding

17. History of Body Modification • Borneo woman with stretched ear lobes

18. History of Body Modification • British tattooed man from 400AD

19. History of Body Modification • South American

20. History of Body Modification • Eskimo

21. History of Body Modification • In Borneo tattooingis mostly associatedwith head-hunting

22. History of Body Modification - Occultic connections • Primitive scarification is almost always connected to religious and occultic practices.(Middle Eastern Muslims pierce their cheeks in aritual)

23. History of Body Modification - Occultic connections • It is believed here that children hold several spirits insidethemselves. This little girl is believed to hold the spirit of a weasel in her and this makes her extremely vulnerable for seduction

24. History of Body Modification - Occultic connections • Hindus in Singapore

25. History of Body Modification - Occultic connections • Tattooing, among pagans,is considered a powerful tool: for at once the pigment was laid upon the skin, the indelible mark served as both protective shield and sacrifice to the supernatural.

26. Various types of Scarification • Tattoos • Body piercing • Mutilation

27. Various types • Tattoos

28. Various types • Tattoos, Hindu god

29. Various types • Tattoos

30. Various types • Tattoos, on leg

31. Various types • Tattoos, on stomach

32. Various types • Tattoo, branded by burning into skin

33. Various Types • Tribal, Oriental, Celtic

34. Various types • Branded birth chart

35. Various types • Body piercing,naval

36. Various types • Body piercing,tongue

37. Various types • Body piercing (and tattoos),tongue studs

38. Various types • Nasal bridge

39. Various Types • Labrets - tribal heritage

40. Various Types • Ear piercing

41. Various types • Mutilation, the ultimate form of body modificationan ear beingadjusted

42. The painful process • The process is painful

43. The painful process • The problem with nose jobs for modification purposes is that the pain and problems may start later:

44. Nose jobs • Observe Michael Jackson’s nose...

45. The painful process • A nose job

46. Various types • Mutilation and pleasure through pain

47. Various types • Self-flagellation

48. Various types • Self-flagellation, pain for penance

49. Various types • Some go so far as crucifixion

50. Popularity of tattoos • Even among many Christians the once-forbidden tattoo is welcomed with open arms (and legs, and necks, and backs, etc) • Not surprising the major perpetrator of the Christian tattoo is the Christian rock music community.