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Have You Been to Delphi?: Tales of the Ancient Oracle for Modern Minds
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Have You Been to Delphi?: Tales of the Ancient Oracle for Modern Minds Hardback - 2001

by Roger Lipsey

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A fascinating collection of tales and lore from the ancient Oracle at Delphi, this book provides both a collection of good stories and finds spiritual enlightenment weaved throughout these diverse offerings.

This book of tales of the ancient Oracle at Delphi, freshly interpreted from ancient literature, restores a lost wisdom tradition. This tradition is conveyed not through philosophical or religious exposition but through story, ranging from the grandeur of myth to charming anecdotes and dark riddles. At the Delphic temple of Apollo, for nearly a thousand years, a priestess in trance listened to the urgent inquiries of questioners from all parts of the ancient world and responded on behalf of the god. From this sacred conversation there resulted both a set of enduring values and a collection of tales that relate the encounter with the divine and its consequences in the lives of questioners. In addition to a generous selection of these wisdom tales, the book also contains chapters on the priestess and ancient concepts of trance mediumship; on the Delphic commandment, "Know thyself"; and on the still-surviving Chief State Oracle of Tibet, which offers a living parallel to the ancient Delphic oracle.

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  • Title Have You Been to Delphi?: Tales of the Ancient Oracle for Modern Minds
  • Author Roger Lipsey
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 308
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Publication date 2001-02
  • ISBN 9780791447819 / 0791447812
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Delphi (Extinct city), Delphian oracle
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00050956
  • Dewey Decimal Code 938.3

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  • Library Journal, 01/01/2001, Page 117

About the author

Roger Lipsey is the author of An Art of Our Own: The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art; Daedalus: Studies in Honor of the Birth of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy; Coomaraswamy: Life and Writings; and editor of Coomaraswamy: Selected Papers.

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