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RE: How to “Know Thyself” - from the instruction manual that came with the package
I would've liked to trip at that site during its heyday:
The Oracle of Delphi was considered one of the most sacred sites in all of ancient Greece from about 1400 BC to 400 AD. ... The Pythia entered her trance by inhaling sweet-smelling noxious fumes coming from deep fissures underneath the temple, according to the ancient historian Plutarch."
Namaste, JaiChai
Thanks for the positive feedback @jaichai, good to hear from another philosopher like yourself. Yes the Oracle was an interesting place and time, the fumes must have been really mind altering for the Pythia... her omens were sometimes quite ambiguous apparently. You may be able to find for yourself other techniques today to enter trance or shift consciousness.