Primordial oracles of the entire Hellenic world Oracle of Delphi in Greece, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. Oracle of Didyma, a town on the coast of Asia Minor. Oracle of Dodona in Epirus, Greece. Oracle of Olympia in the Greek town of Olympia, in Elis, in the eastern Peloponnese. More things?
The Oracle of Delphi and others from Old Greece
The Oracle of Delphi, located next to Mount Parnassus, was one of the most important of ancient times. The place, consecrated to the god Apollo, was considered the navel of the whole world; Hence, it shows a carved stone called an omphalium («navel»).
However, although the one at Delphi is perhaps the most popular oracle of all those that appeared in antiquity, we must not fail to name others of great importance and value. This would be the situation, to give an example, of the Oracle of Olympia, which was a temple where homage was paid to Zeus.
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Aegeus, king of Athens, consulting a soothsayer from Delphi. Fountain
Exactly the same the sanctuaries, the theaters, the agoras or the acropolis, the oracles had creations throughout the Hellenic geography, except Attica. In Old Greece, according to Herodotus, there would be 18 sanctuaries that had an oracle. Today, however, it is estimated that there are around 250 of these sites.
Astrology
Although astrology became a psychological procedure for personal evolution and self-knowledge, initially it was a procedure for divining the future. As an oracle, astrology uses the situation of the planets and their combination of energies and potentialities to divine the future of events. In contrast to other oracles, astrology is a very complicated science that needs the work of a specialist. Apart from the astronomical understandings, it is necessary to control the astral dwellings, the astrological ephemeris and the complex planetary calculation algorithms that need a specific specialization. Commonly, in astrology we do not get very specific answers, but rather tendencies that have to be subjected to interpretation.
It belongs to the most popular oracles to enter personal divination and, in addition to this, it is used as an oracle to locate lost items and people. In such a case, the answer comes through vibrations and energies. In ancient times, the sages used a branch to follow the fertile land and water sources. Today, the branch became a suspended item with a sphere that can be made of quartz or filled with precious metals. Through the energies, the pendulum fluctuates and leaves the reading of the magician or sage. The use of the pendulum as an oracle requires a previous cleaning of the space and the place of a personal connection between the subject and the pendulum. By means of a board with telegraphic answers (Yes, No, Maybe) the pendulum is made to oscillate and questions are asked to read the answers.
THROW A COIN
Throwing a coin to carry out a precise decision or find the answer to our questions is a common procedure in each and every one of the ethnic groups. You just need to flip a coin in the air.
But this process can be even more difficult by issuing three coins six times to get a hexagram that reveals the true concept of your future.
Complex oracular system:
There is an oracular system that is much more complex. It lies not only in offering an easy answer, such as yes or no, but also in expressing precisely what is going to happen next. In this way, an oracle can divine, for example, a catastrophe. In such a case, one does not speak simply of answering, but rather of predicting the events to come. There are people who acted as oracles and became well known with their premonitions. However, we must distinguish prophecy from oracle. Although the prophecy is expressing something that is going to happen, it is believed that the oracular system says precisely and without fail what is going to happen. Prophecy, so to speak, is a little more incredible, but it also has fewer outcomes. The oracle is unequivocal. Hence the oracles are known, for the fact that they are not confused. Oracles can be embodied by people or also by certain entities, but they always guarantee that they tell the truth. A complex oracular system can be engaged in from divination methods. In such a case, the seer acts as an intercessor between the divination procedure and the person who requests it, the oracle will respond by reading letters or consulting the I Ching, for example. If the answer is directed to the oracular, that is, to discover the future, the seer with his divination process becomes an oracle.
The difference between an ordinary psychic and a psychic-turned-oracle is that the latter has earned a reputation for divining the future. There are many seers who are proven oracles.