Episode 3: Oracles
Filmed on location in: Greece and Turkey
At Delphi and other ancient Greek oracles, the gods spoke through a priestess or priest, offering cryptic visions of the future. New scientific evidence suggests that these visions were caused by powerful elemental forces – seismic activity and magnetism.
For a thousand years, the oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece was one of the wonders of the known world. This was the most famous of the oracles where the gods spoke through a priestess or priest, offering cryptic visions of the future. But were these really the words of the gods, or were there even more powerful elemental forces at work? In the 1990s, an archaeological team discovered an extraordinary link between the prophecies and seismic activity beneath the surface of the earth. This episode explores this astonishing story, and reveals how seismic activity and magnetism still give rise to sacred sites in the present day.
Cast & Extras:
- Irish Arms
- Morocco Film Productions
Expert Contributors:
- Dr. John Hale – University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Dr. Joanne Day – University College Dublin, Ireland
- Sofia Vlahouli – Hellenic Pagan Priestess
- Vlassis Rassias – Secretary, Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes
- Prof. Francesco D’Andria – University of Salento, Italy
- Professor Giuseppe Etiope – National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome
- Fr. Vasilious Nikonotioynos – Church of Panagia Tripiti, Aigio, Greece
- Dr. Michael Persinger – Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada
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