Lara First notes
I Ching:
Social Influence
Political Influence
(Inter)Personal (Relationship)
Self-development direction
Source: I Ching: The book of changes, R.L. Wing, serbian translation
Delphi: was seen as centre of the World
Binding all Superhuman Powers: offerings to please Gods Oracle - individual&member of community advice Apollo: purification (oracular divinity) mainly oracles of inspiration
Tripod: women sitting on tripods
Citizens of local cities (City of Delphi) to act as sponsors to the seekers of advice i.e. to take them to the oracle (one couldn't just go there).
7th day of the month: Apollo's day - when the oracle is contacted
Politically independent
All messages ambiguous
Visited by heads of states and rich people mostly
Only 9 days per year to consult the oracle
Oracles, women selected from local families
2 prophets
5 holy men
Consultations underground, in a cave
Questions: Shall I do this&that + I want this, what can I do to get it
Tripod above chasm
Its been said oracles gets messages from Apollo through their vaginas (sitting above volcanic chasm).
Lots were Yes/No answers
Source: In Our Time, BBC4: The Delphic Oracle 30 Sept 2010 42:05 30/09/2010 Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle. Between the 8th century BC and the 4th century AD, travellers flocked to Delphi to consult the Delphic Oracle, the most celebrated source of prophesies in ancient Greece. Melvyn is joined by Paul Cartledge, A G Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University; Edith Hall, Professor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London; and Nick Lowe, Reader in Classical Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Various notes
- influences
- vibrations
- the future
- divine source
- circular form
I almost see the invisible influences around us as I slide down Hackney road, imagining how a city looks like when all we have is waves.
Higher powers that travel from far worlds, so distant we simply cannot perceive them caged in our sensory limited existence.
Where oracular is the norm.
Where uncertainty of existence is relaxing.
post poetic attempt: Collective unconscious (Jung) + many Is (Gurdjieff)
integrity of individual to find its own space
Mind at Large [1]
