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It begins with the legends of possessed goats and a crack in the earth. The story of the Delphic Oracle is chock-full of weirdness and spooky themes. The story of the Delphic oracle is long, convoluted, disputed, and a stellar example of geomythology – legends and myths related to geologic processes. The Oracle of Delphi was disregarded as a myth until the turn of our modern century when geologists, archaeologists, and toxicology experts worked together in a multidisciplinary effort using modern testing techniques to show that the ancient myth was almost certainly true to some extent. When explorers and scientists went looking for confirmation of the story, however, they failed to find it.
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Several ancient historians including Homer, Aristotle, Diogenes, Euripides, Ovid, Strabo, and Plutarch were consistent in their descriptions of Delphi. For 1200 years, a prophetess was enlisted to enter the most sacred space in the temple (adyton) and breathe the magical vapor (pneuma) in order to commune with Apollo and relay messages to mortals. It took a multidisciplinary effort to reach the most probable proposed explanation we have so far, but there are still many details we’ll never know.ĭelphi is the most famous place on earth where the gods were said to make their presence know and speak to humans through the high priestess designated as the Oracle. Over time, people have speculated on the explanation as being supernatural, psychic, geological, or a hoax. The cultural and geologic history is long and complex. The colorful and dramatic accounts of the Oracle of Delphi in Greece spanning many centuries appear to be strongly related to the geological setting and seismic activity of the locale.