Apolline divination: hallucinogenic substances or cognitive inputs? The case of the laurel

IF 0.7 4区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
Giulia Frigerio
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ABSTRACT The use of laurel in Apolline divination at Delphi has been a prominent area of interest in academic debates over the possible influence of drugs on prophets. Previous analyses revealed the absence of chemicals in the bay capable of altering the human consciousness. In this paper, I argue that the laurel did nevertheless have the power to influence the Pythia’s mind through its cognitive impact on divinatory practices. The methodology pursues a cognitive approach that considers the object affordances and the human neural response. The paper concludes that, despite the modality being different from the one proposed in the past, the laurel had a strong impact on divination.
梦境占卜:致幻物质还是认知输入?月桂树的例子
在德尔菲的阿波罗占卜中,月桂的使用一直是药物对先知可能影响的学术辩论中一个突出的兴趣领域。先前的分析显示,海湾中没有能够改变人类意识的化学物质。在本文中,我认为桂冠确实有能力通过其对占卜实践的认知影响来影响皮提亚的思想。该方法采用了一种认知方法,考虑了物体的可视性和人类的神经反应。本文的结论是,尽管与以往提出的形态不同,但月桂对占卜的影响很大。
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