This video investigates the history and science behind the theory that there were geological vapors at Oracle of Delphi that caused the priestess (the Pythia) to go into a trance when foretelling the future. For #RealArchaeology, see www.real-archaeology.com
Music by @bettinajoydeguzman1981 find more on her TH-cam: www.youtube.com/@bettinajoydeguzman1981
Chapters
0:41 Introduction
3:39 The Corycian Cave
5:06 The Prophecies of Delphi
9:25 The Vapors of Delphi
13:38 Modern Scientific Research into the Vapors
17:41 Conclusion
Songs by Bettina include:
Rehearsal, Word Dance Theater. Apollo’s temple. Delphi Museum. Enjoy. 😊music: Bettina Joy de Guzman: th-cam.com/video/WUZ3UHM824A/w-d-xo.html
Moon Has Set.Sappho 168b.Bettina Joy de Guzman.Barbitos lyre. Ancient Greek.Δεδυκε μεν α Σελαννα: th-cam.com/video/84Mq-KVq9yA/w-d-xo.html
Song in the Corycian Cave, for the gods of Delphi. th-cam.com/video/3Yq2ULUjcZY/w-d-xo.html
Scholarly Bibliography
de Boer, J.Z. and J. Hale. "The geological origins of the oracle at Delphi, Greece." www.researchgate.net/publication/237204624_The_geological_origins_of_the_oracle_at_Delphi_Greece
A.P. Oppé. 1904. "The Chasm at Delphi." www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/abs/chasm-at-delphi/A0317F0A3A2C2633EE625BCAA96450AB
Spiller, H., Hale, J., and J. de Boer. "The Delphic oracle: a multidisciplinary defense of the gaseous vent theory." www.researchgate.net/publication/11253586_The_Delphic_Oracle_A_Multidisciplinary_Defense_of_the_Gaseous_Vent_Theory
Keywords: archaeology, history, ancient history, Greek archaeology, Greece, Classics, Delphi, oracle, prophecy, sanctuary, Apollo, ancient philosophy, ancient drugs narcotics entheogens, intoxication