| CHALUPA, Aleš. Pythiai and Inspired Divination in the Delphic Oracle: Can Cognitive Sciences Provide Us with an Access to “Dead Minds”. Journal of Cognitive Historiography. London: Equinox Publishing, 2014, vol. 1, No 1, p. 24-51. ISSN 2051-9672. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jch.v1i1.24. |
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@article{1160576,
author = {Chalupa, Aleš},
article_location = {London},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jch.v1i1.24},
keywords = {Cognition; Delphic oracle ; Pythia; spirit possession},
language = {eng},
issn = {2051-9672},
journal = {Journal of Cognitive Historiography},
title = {Pythiai and Inspired Divination in the Delphic Oracle: Can Cognitive Sciences Provide Us with an Access to “Dead Minds”},
volume = {1},
year = {2014}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1160576
AU - Chalupa, Aleš
PY - 2014
TI - Pythiai and Inspired Divination in the Delphic Oracle: Can Cognitive Sciences Provide Us with an Access to “Dead Minds”
JF - Journal of Cognitive Historiography
VL - 1
IS - 1
SP - 24-51
EP - 24-51
PB - Equinox Publishing
SN - 20519672
KW - Cognition
KW - Delphic oracle
KW - Pythia
KW - spirit possession
N2 - The aim of this article is to deepen our knowledge of mantic procedures used at Delphi, especially with respect to the mental state of the Pythia, which was induced in the course of oracular sessions. The first section provides a short reconstruction of the Delphic oracular session based on the information gleaned from historical and (to lesser extent) archaeological sources. The second section aims for clarification of some contentious points, which are still the subject of intensive scholarly debates and controversies. They concern particularly questions about the authorship of pronounced oracles and the method by which the Pythia brought about her reputed mantic abilities. The third section raises a question about how and to what degree our knowledge about the history of the Delphic oracle and the Pythias behaviour in the course of oracular consultations is deepened by looking at it from the perspective of cognitive psychology. A cognitive perspective can, perhaps, give us useful material for possible comparisons based on analogically similar cases of spirit possession currently studied anthropologically, psychologically, and neurologically.
ER -
CHALUPA, Aleš. Pythiai and Inspired Divination in the Delphic Oracle: Can Cognitive Sciences Provide Us with an Access to “Dead Minds”. \textit{Journal of Cognitive Historiography}. London: Equinox Publishing, 2014, vol.~1, No~1, p.~24-51. ISSN~2051-9672. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jch.v1i1.24.
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