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050 00 $aDF261.D35$bL46 2001
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100 1 $aLipsey, Roger,$d1942-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84190640
245 10 $aHave you been to Delphi? :$btales of the ancient oracle for modern minds /$cRoger Lipsey ; including an afterword with Lobsang Lhalungpa on Tibetan oracles.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axx, 308 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-298) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: A Bowl of Myths and Stories --$g2.$tA Code for Questioners --$g3.$tChallenging Men to Gentleness: Apollo --$g4.$tUnfolded Into Light Through a Woman: The Pythia --$g5.$tSocrates Impoverished and Enriched --$g6.$tCroesus, King of Lydia: A Tale from the Age of Belief --$g7.$tA Chapter of Tales --$g8.$tTales Mostly of War --$g9.$tThe Sybarites' Question: Tales of Wisdom and Wrongdoing --$g10.$tOne Golden Celery Plant: A Delphic Audit --$g11.$t"Hasten, Teiresias, Believe!" --$g12.$tKnow Thyself.
520 1 $a"This book of tales of the ancient Oracle at Delphi, freshly interpreted from ancient literature, restores a lost wisdom tradition. This tradition is conveyed not through philosophical or religious exposition but through story, ranging from the grandeur of myth to charming anecdotes and dark riddles. At the Delphic temple of Apollo, for nearly a thousand years, a priestess in trance listened to the urgent inquiries of questioners from all parts of the ancient world and responded on behalf of the god.
520 8 $aFrom this sacred conversation there resulted both a set of enduring values and a collection of tales that relate the encounter with the divine and its consequences in the lives of questioners.
520 8 $aIn addition to a generous selection of these wisdom tales, the book also contains chapters on the priestess and ancient concepts of trance mediumship; on the Delphic commandment, "Know thyself": and on the still-surviving Chief State Oracle of Tibet, which offers a living parallel to the ancient Delphic oracle."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDelphian oracle.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036602
600 00 $aApollo$c(Deity)$xCult$zGreece$zDelphi (Extinct city)
651 0 $aDelphi (Extinct city)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036599
830 0 $aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92030823
852 00 $bglx$hDF261.D35$iL46 2001