10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYTHIA»
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Pythia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Pythia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Soul Sisters: The Five Sacred Qualities of a Woman's Soul
Filled with exercises, anecdotes, quotes, and inspiration, Pythia Peay's Soul Sisters is designed to help women foster the traits that can be found in the great spiritual traditions of the world, and that are most needed in contemporary ...
2
The Delphic Oracle, Its Responses and Operations, with a ...
The Pythia's Ecstasy Even more firmly established than the chasm and vapors in
the modern stereotype of a mantic session at Delphi is the Pythia's frenzy or
trance : those who are willing to give up the gases cling to the frenzy. Yet, as ...
Joseph Eddy Fontenrose, 1978
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Prophecy and Inspired Speech in Early Christianity and Its ...
Parke and Wormell speak of the Pythia in these terms: Before the inquirer
entered, the Pythia was already under the influence of Apollo, and was in some
abnormal state of trance or ecstasy. The Prophet or chief priest asked the
inquirer's ...
5
Toward a Unified Platonic Human Psychology
This is particularly the case in the role of the Pythia or the female member of the
oracle presentation. Traditionally the role of the Pythia has been seen as quite
limited. The priestess received the oracle in some sort of drugged state and
passed ...
6
Prophecies & Predictions
When the worship of God Apollo started in this temple, the priestess was given
the nomenclature of Pythia. According to Diodorous, only virgins were appointed
as Pythias in this temple. The first Pythia was a girl named Phemonoe. Historians
...
7
The
Pythia’s Drunken Song: Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus ...
And hence, as I divine, the startling whirl of incongruous juxtaposition, which of a
truth must to many readers seem as amazing as if the Pythia on the tripod should
have struck up a drinking-song, or Thersites had caught the prophetic strain of ...
8
Citizen Bacchae: Women's Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece
to reconstruct a Delphic consultation, modern commentators agree that the
process devolved onto the Wgure of a Pythia both calm and articulate.155 But
such a Wgure may present criticism with more problems than did the previous
fantasy of ...
Of greatest interest, however, is the Pythia, the prophetess who in the oracular
session spoke the words of the god in response to the questions of the enquirers.
Unlike the priests and Hosioi, she was a local woman with no special family ...
10
Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars
Here the theopropoi went "into the megaron" probably the cella of the Apollo
temple built by the Alcmaeonidae (5.62-64, above).153 The theopropoi were
seated, and the Pythia "prophesied" (xpd) to them in dactylic hexameters. When
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYTHIA»
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Pythia is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Hillary Clinton Should Be Like George Washington
Pythia Peay writes about psychology and the American psyche. *Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different, by Gordon S. Wood, Penguin ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
Isle of Man to Create Cryptocurrency Businesses Register
The Manx ICT Association, through one of its local members, Pythia Ltd, supported the development of this pilot using Pythia Credits system. Nick Williamson ... «CryptoCoinsNews, May 15»
Pythia Dust: The Vortex's star-spanning musical Pythia Dust is out of …
Upon hearing of the Vortex's current offering, Pythia Dust – billed as a "musical interstellar voyage" – I have to admit my interest was piqued. I love a good, ... «Austin Chronicle, Mar 15»
Outsider Fest Recap Day 5: Pythia Dust Fails to Impress
For the final night of Outsider Fest, Dana Sayre caught the premiere of Pythia Dust. Unfortunately, the show left much to be desired. «The Horn, Feb 15»
The Religion With No Name: An Interview With Thomas Moore
Pythia: I was intrigued by the influence of Thoreau and Emerson on your own spiritual thinking. The notion that we each have the freedom to fashion our own ... «Huffington Post, Jan 14»
Why 'The Night of The Doctor' is a Win for Women on 'Doctor Who'
Now, the Pythia is twofold: at once the name of a matriarchal governing body, but also the leader of that body. What most do not know is that, prior to Rassilon ... «Bustle, Nov 13»
The Doctor: Loomed or Born?
... had been invented by the Time Lords to procreate despite the Pythia's curse, just to be reborn centuries later in the Time Lord renegade known as the Doctor. «Doctor Who TV, Aug 13»
America's Divided Soul: Drones, Torture and Technology
Pythia: I'd like to explore the deeper psychological background of America. You write that we were the first country founded on the splitting off of the "shadow," or ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
Why Guns Have a Powerful Hold On the American Psyche: An …
Pythia: It could be said with sad irony that in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, the topic of guns has become so loaded the country ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
Did The Earth's Fumes Drive Pythian Prophecies?
Ancient Greek historian Plutarch (46-120 A.D.), who presided as high priest at Delphi for several years, observed in his documents that the Pythia's oracular ... «Greek Reporter, Dec 12»
