Resistol 5000... Los oraculos griegos...
Articulo del Scientific American (un poco largo) acerca de los oraculos y de las bases quimicas que pueden haber utilizado para entrar en trance.
Higgins and Higgins theorized that the gas emitted might have been carbon dioxide. A decade earlier a different scientific team had detected such an emission at another temple of Apollo, the one at Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale) in Asia Minor (now Turkey, and home to the ruins of many great Greek cities). Following the lead of Strabo, modern researchers have discovered that the Apollo temple at Hierapolis had been deliberately sited over a vent of toxic gases, which in the finished temple emerged from a grotto in the building's foundations.
To help interpret the possible effects of such gases on human subjects in a confined space, one like the adyton, Spiller, a toxicologist, became a member of the project. His work with "huffers"--teenage drug users who get high on the fumes from substances such as glue and paint thinner, most of which contain light hydrocarbon gases--had shown a number of parallels with the behavior reported for the trance state of the Pythia.
Scientific American: Questioning the Delphic Oracle -- [ ARCHAEOLOGY ] -- When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought
Higgins and Higgins theorized that the gas emitted might have been carbon dioxide. A decade earlier a different scientific team had detected such an emission at another temple of Apollo, the one at Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale) in Asia Minor (now Turkey, and home to the ruins of many great Greek cities). Following the lead of Strabo, modern researchers have discovered that the Apollo temple at Hierapolis had been deliberately sited over a vent of toxic gases, which in the finished temple emerged from a grotto in the building's foundations.
To help interpret the possible effects of such gases on human subjects in a confined space, one like the adyton, Spiller, a toxicologist, became a member of the project. His work with "huffers"--teenage drug users who get high on the fumes from substances such as glue and paint thinner, most of which contain light hydrocarbon gases--had shown a number of parallels with the behavior reported for the trance state of the Pythia.
Scientific American: Questioning the Delphic Oracle -- [ ARCHAEOLOGY ] -- When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought
posted by Poncho at 7/31/2003 09:45:00 AM
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