Been on my mind a lot lately thanks to The Bone Temple. You can’t heal the wasteland by following the wasteland’s rules; you have to go beyond them, even if that choice is patently irrational, foolish, even suicidal. This is the sacrifice myth requires.
The Black Casebook
"You will be the land, and the land will be you. If you fail, the land will perish; as you thrive, the land will blossom."