Mutsumi Izeki is an Associate Professor at the School of Commerce in Meiji University, and has a PhD from the University of London. Izeki believed that “Human sacrifice was considered by the Aztecs not only as a means to show their political power but also as an important ritual to maitain the order of the universe.” In each celebration sacrifices of people, hearts, or blood were given to the gods. A few types of merciless sacrifices were done by them separating a casualties heart,stipping the dead body slaughtering a casualty with bolts, pushing a person from the highest pyramid, and tossing a victim into flame or water. Izeki mentions that these types of sacrificing had paricular significance in the feasts and were committed to specific
