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The sect that turned bodily fluids into sacraments

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Because normal sacramental wine was too boring, the Borborite sect decided to consume human bodily excretions during their services. They genuinely believed ingesting these fluids was the ultimate, albeit repulsive, path to absolute divine salvation.

The sect that turned bodily fluids into sacraments
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