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[title] => The Delphic Sacrifice, or Divine Consequences
[time] => 2005-03-30 06:18:41
[hometext] => A companion piece to Sad Oracle of Delphi. The consequences of sniffing petrol for a living.
[bodytext] =>  Plutarch's Moralia (438a-b) It happened around 100 AD. "Whenever, then, the imaginative and prophetic faculty is in a proper state for attempering itself to the spirit, inspiration in those who foretell the future is bound to come. And whenever the conditions are not thus, it is bound not to come; or when it does come, to be misleading, abnormal, and confusing, as we know in the case of the priestess who died not so long ago." How was it for you, Sybil, under your sacred dome Ensconced on your tripod throne, The walls spinning in those inner rooms As you succumbed to the sweet narcotic fumes? And when the vapours were no longer mild But made you sick and wild, Struggling with all your might Against the grasps of acolytes, Determined to put a mystic spin On your ethylene intoxicated ramblings - How frightening was it for you then? And as you broke free and fled your sanctum, Howling in pain and delirium Collapsing on Apollo’s stairs, Trying to breath the outside air Dying, like Pythos, in convulsive throes Your face in mortal rictus froze What portent did you see, Your death as final prophecy? Sacred Pythian channel, powerful and revered, Your ambiguous remarks were sought as well as feared And while some were confusing and absurd, In that chamber men hung on your every word A message from godly patriarch to men is not what stands, For a time you held the fate of empires in your hands Its just a pity that your centuries of advice, Required so high a price. -Still, what did you see? [comments] => 2 [counter] => 177 [topic] => 41 [informant] => spike [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 40 [ratings] => 8 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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