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• Leto-Apollo-Artemis Triad

Maggie Smith dons the 8-pointed
star hat at Hogwarts, a secret key
for the energy master.
Click Professor Minerva McGonagall
for the Harry Potter Index
Go to Hogwarts page
for Thetis

 Professor McGonagall teaches Transfiguration class and is
Head Mistress of Gryffindor House.
ID page for Potter character:
Prof. McGonagall

The Goblet of Fire Triwizard Champions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order of the Phoenix Quiz

cast filming  the fourth movie in the series of wizardry and witchcraft.
Rowling lives in Edinburgh, Scotland (near Hogwarts no doubt) and is,
without a doubt, the most successful contemporary writer in Scotland.

Illustration-The Etheric Double
from the book by A. E. Powell

Vestal Priestesses

Drums help open the door
to the underworld

     By initiation, those who before were fellow-citizens only, became brothers, connected by a closer bond than before, by means of a religious fraternity, which, bringing men nearer together, united them more strongly: and the weak and the poor could more readily appeal for assistance to the powerful and the wealthy, with whom religious association gave them a closer fellowship.

     The Initiate was regarded as the favorite of the Gods. For him alone Heaven opened its treasures. Fortunate during life, he could, by virtue and the favor of Heaven, promise himself after death an eternal felicity.

-Ancient Knowledge

The site of world-famous Mayan archaeological ruins, Tulum is 1ocated on the Yucatan Peninsula. The well-preserved site narrowly missed taking severe damage during recent hurricanes.  

Something to catch up on when you visit south of the boarder:

House of the Halach Uinic   Of all the stucco figures that likely adorned this building, only the Descending God remains, watching over the entrance to the shrine. The image clearly suggests Trump XII, symbol of th Dying Water God, and the Age of Pisces, in which we now live.

With wings pointing upward as if he were descending from the sky, the image of the Descending God appears frequently throughout Tulum. Some researchers believe that this was a regional deity, associated with Venus and rain. Others believe it may represent the god of bee-keeping, Ah Mucen Cab. A belief in a Descending God existed among many Mesoamerican peoples, although the symbolism varied widely. For example, the Aztecs had a Descending God known as Tzontemoc, and associated him with the setting sun.

This building, which stands on a platform, has an entrance with four columns and a pillar. In the rear room there is a shrine against the rear wall. The passage on the left leads to a set of stairs, all in excellent condition.

The great palace, House of Columns, is shaped in an "L", very unlucky as architecture goes. The design is often associated with poor health, but the building is still in perfect shape.  This  was one of the largest residential buildings in Tulum. The narrow room in back has its own shrine.

Pisces, the Fishes are usually symbolized as two fish, holding a ribbon in their mouths; they are now drawn as though held or connected to each other by ropes or chains. The constellation is often associated with love at several levels that include the very dramatic salmon run, when they turn to home. Christians associate this constellation with Jesus Christ, a fisherman who preached love of fellowman. The "Christian Era" has coincided with the "Age of Pisces."

Go Chaco Canyon to find out about: 
1054 Supernova Petrograph

 

THE BOOK OF FATE
[Excerpt - Introduction and Delphi Oracle]

This oracle, discovered in the Royal Tombs near Mount Libycus, in Upper Egypt, by M. Sonnini in 1801 was given to Napoleon, translated and bound as a book, by Empress Josephine.

 

INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF ANCIENT ORACLES

No institution is more famous than the ancient Oracles of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. They were said to be the will of the gods themselves, and they were consulted, not only upon every important matter, but even in the affairs of private life. To make peace or war, to introduce a change of government, to plant a colony, to enact laws, to raise an edifice, or to marry, were all sufficient reasons to consult the will of the gods. Mankind, in consulting them, showed that they wished to pay implicit obedience to the command of the divinity, and, when they had been favoured with an answer, they acted with more spirit, and with more vigour, conscious that the undertaking had met with the sanction and approbation of heaven. In this, therefore, it will not appear wonderful that so many places were sacred to oracular purposes.

The small province of Boeotia could once boast of her 25 oracles, and Peloponnesus of the same number. Not only the chief of the gods gave oracles, but, in process of time, heroes were admitted to enjoy the same privileges; and the oracles of a Trophonius and an Antinous, were soon able to rival the fame of Apollo and of Jupiter. The most celebrated oracles of antiquity were those of Dodona, Delphi, Jupiter Ammon, &c. The temple of Delphi seemed to claim a superiority over the other temples; its fame was once more extended, and its riches were so great, that not only private persons, but even kings and numerous armies, made it an object of plunder and of rapine.

The manner of delivering oracles was different. A priestess at Delphi was permitted to pronounce the oracles of the god, and her delivery of the answers was always attended with acts of apparent madness and desperate fury. Not only women, but even doves, were the ministers of the temple of Dodona; and the suppliant votary was often startled to hear his questions readily answered by the decayed trunk, or the spreading branches of a neighbouring oak. Ammon conveyed his answers in a plain and open manner; but Amphiarius required many ablutions and preparatory ceremonies, and he generally communicated his oracles to his suppliants in dreams and visions. Sometimes the first words that were heard, after issuing from the temple, were deemed the answers of the oracles, and sometimes the nodding or shaking of the head of the statue, the motions of fishes in a neighbouring lake, or their reluctance in accepting the food which was offered to them, were as strong and valid as the most express and most minute explanations.

It is a question among the learned, whether the oracles were given by the inspiration of evil spirits, or whether they proceeded from the imposture of the priests. Imposture, however, and forgery, cannot long flourish, and falsehood becomes its own destroyer; and on the contrary, it is well known how much confidence the people, even of the enlightened age, place upon dreams, prophecies, and unaccountable incidents. Some have strongly believed that all the oracles of the earth ceased at the birth of Christ, but the supposition is false.

(Note: See the miracle of the swallows at San Juan Capistrano on March 19 each year; the Monarch butterfly migration, Dodona Temple birds and many more are well documented. See the names of Pythia * Historical information about the Oracle at Delphi, her guests, dates of many Priestesses, inc. Temple in Jerusalem. - Kove Dauser)

It was, indeed, the beginning of their decline; but they remained in repute, and were consulted, though perhaps not so frequently, till the fourth century, when Christianity began to triumph over paganism. The oracles often suffered themselves to be bribed. Alexander did it, but it is well known that Lysander failed in the attempt. Herodotus, who first mentioned the corruption which often prevailed in the oracular temples of Greece and Egypt, has been severely treated for his remarks, by the historian Plutarch. Demosthenes is also a witness of the corruption, and he observed, that the oracles of Greece were servilely subservient to the will and pleasure of Philip king of Macedon, as he beautifully expresses it by the word 'Philipidzein.'

When in a state of inspiration, the eyes of the Priestess suddenly sparkled, her hair stood on end, and a shivering ran over all her body. In this convulsive state she spoke the oracles of the god, often with loud howlings and cries, and her articulations were taken down by the priest, and set in order. Sometimes the spirit of inspiration was more gentle, and not always violent; yet Plutarch mentions one of the priestesses who was thrown into such an excessive fury, that not only those that consulted the oracle, but also the priests that conducted her to the sacred tripod, and attended her during the inspiration, were terrified and forsook the temple; and so violent was the fit, that she continued for some days in the most agonizing situation, and at last died. At Delphos, the Pythia, before she placed herself on the tripod, used to wash her whole body, and particularly her hair, in the waters of the fountain Castalis, at the foot of mount Parnassus. She also shook a laurel tree that grew near the place, and sometimes ate the leaves, with which she crowned herself.

The Priestess always appeared dressed in the garments of virgins to intimate their purity and modesty, and they were solemnly bound to observe the strictest laws of temperance and chastity, that neither fantastical dresses  nor lascivious behaviour might bring the office, the religion, or the sanctity of the place into contempt. There was originally but one Pythia, besides subordinate priests, but afterwards two were chosen, and sometimes more. The most celebrated of all these is Phemonoe who is supposed by some to have been the first who gave oracles at Delphi. The oracles were always delivered in hexameter verses, a custom which was some time after discontinued. The Pythia was consulted only one month in the year, about the spring. It was always required, that those who consulted the oracle should make large presents to Apollo, and from thence arose the opulence, splendour, and the magnificence of the celebrated temple of Delphi. Sacrifices were also offered to the divinity, and if the omens proved unfavorable, the priestess refused to give an answer. There were generally five priests who assisted at the offering of the sacrifices, and there was also another who attended the Pythia, and assisted her in receiving the oracle.

This last was destroyed, by an earthquake, or, according to some authors, by fire, which melted the copper; and then a sumptuous Temple, altogether of stone, was erected by two excellent architects, Trophimus and Agamedes. This edifice was destroyed by fire in the 58th Olympiad, or 548 years B. C. The Amphictyons proposed to be at the charge of building another; but the Alcmeonides, a rich family of Athens, came to Delphos, obtained the honor of executing the building, and made it more magnificent than they had at first proposed. The riches of this Temple, amassed by the donations of those who frequented it and consulted the Oracle, exposed it to various depredations. At length the Gauls, under the conduct of Brennus, came hither for the same purpose, about 278 years B. C.; but they were repulsed with great slaughter. Last of all,Nero robbed it of 500 of its most precious brazen and golden statues.

It has not been ascertained at what time this Oracle was founded. It is certain, however, that Apollo was not the first who was consulted here. Aeschylus, in his tragedy of the Eumenides, says, Terra was the first who issued oracles at Delphi; after her Themis, then Phoebe, another daughter of Terra, and, as it is said, mother of Latona, and grandmother to Apollo. Pausanias says, that before Themis, Terra and Neptune had delivered oracles in this place, and some say that Saturn had also been consulted here. At length the Oracle of Apollo became established and permanent; and such was its reputation, and such were the multitudes from all parts that came to consult it, that the riches which were thus brought into the temple and city, became so considerable as to be compared with those of the Persian kings.

 
The Grand Canyon
USA Spiritual Center
One of the Seven Wonders of the World - Hopi are descendants of the ancient "ancestors" known as Anasazi!

LIFE Washington, I Have A Dream
Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963

Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement 1913 - 2005
More @ Zone Page

This article (below, right) regarding some  statements from Dr. Luigi Piccardi on another topic of interest - the Loch Ness Monster as linked with earthquakes - may prove interesting. Any hot links will offer more information for your research.

  The mysterious initiation caves located just outside Lascaux, France are now closed to the public, due to highly erosive effects in the area, not unlike the fate of Yosemite National Park in the US. Since their discovery by three local children over one hundred years ago fascination for the 'birthing' ritual and sorcerer's chamber has only increased. Emotionally, people say this sacred place summons the subtle energies that were brought into awakening mode by Eleusinian drama rituals.  

  Substitute and 'duplicate' exhibits are available for tourists when they come to Lascaux. The dowser community is interested in the power of place and the integrity of every part of this site. Even though many sacred places in Europe have no signposts and markers, the trees, rivers and other natural 'inhabitants' there should be respected by those share the space with them. Some sacred groves have been demolished by people using the cut wood for campfires, and bathing in the sacred waterway. Wouldn't it be wonderful for everyone if we all could enjoy the intimate connection the Native American has with the Great Spirit in all things? 

The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc

Marisa Tomb Paintings, original art recently discovered.  See the Biblical Archaeology Review March/April 2004
for the story and more about the texts available in print. The Marisa excavation has been opened for visitors.

Excavations at New Grange are important to those who research both Solstices as well as Equinox rituals. Just as underground passages are part of the spiritual experience of place in caves at Lascaux, surface level  tunnel routes  inside the neolithic tomb at Knowth give a sense of birthing and are prohibited to tourists because they are so confining.

German Stonehenge
Scientific American Article about the 7,000 yr old, 75 meter wide circle at Goseck, Germany [near Leipzig]
 

     Temples Dedicated to Leto,
           Apollo and Artemis

• Island of  Delos ~  Temple of Leto
  At Delphi are Chryselephantine statues of Apollo, Artemis, and Leto
  In Lycia~ Leto's sanctuary, called Letoon and those of Apollo and Artemis, were the national temples.      (Xanthos valley)
  History of Delos, The Floating Island 
  Temple of Leto (Wadjet)
        at Buto
    -Easy Chart for Phoebis-Artemis
    - The Didymaion, 3rd largest
    religious structure of Ancient
    World

• Goddess people will like this - Crete, 7th-8th BC Temple to
  Leto and Artemis

• Muses and Apollo and Zeus
  Mountain Lake Wave

Parthenon - view Perseus resource   Drapery and art form review  ~   An Honorary Document and some of a Parthenon Frieze: Cavalcade

Pompeii – House of The Faun  Floorplan

The Sanctuary of Athena and Poseidon at Sounion

Sacred Space and Deep Space

Babylon 5
"A low-rated commercial telepath
can't sense electronics like that.
Only a P9 and above can do that."

-  "Lyta is a P5."

-  "So you tell me. But that rating
was determined before she went
to the Vorlon homeworld, as you
very well know."

     -Dr. Elizabeth Trent and Ivanova
       in Babylon 5: "Thirdspace"

Star Gate
"The Sentinel has protected the Latonans from Goa'uld invasion for 300 years...."
//isis_athena1690.tripod.com/L.html

Sacred Places created
with a little help from
your friendly, local Deva
(if you're from UK)

DEITIES OF THE SPEECH MANDALA
The Speech Mandala contains a total
of 116 deities.

There are 80 Yoginis who are placed 
on eight lotuses; each eight-petalled
lotus is placed on the back of an 
animal. Each of the eight lotus petals
holds one Yogini, and in the center
there is a Yogini embraced by a Yogi. 

These 80 Yoginis represent for exam-
ple the 80 Minor Marks of a Buddha
and correspond to the development
of the embryo during the 6th and 7th
month. The 64 Yoginis on the lotus
petals refer to the navelcakra with
its 64 channels. More 'Kalachakra' 
by Tibet Domani
Kalachakra Mandala posted here.

FYI

UK New Digs

Festival

• International Glastonbury Music Festival takes place in England. The festivals were also called Gathering Day in Wales, Feill-Sheathain in Scotland. 

• Page and Plant played the Glastonbury Event. [images #f and #b] The 95 performance is available on tape.

• The Solstice
  Births in June and early July are strongly effected by the natural intensity of the Sun ascending to it's longest day, The Summer Solstice. The summer gate welcomes transmigrating souls in the "kiva" or place of deep and dense matter.
  Shakespeare's play celebrating the MidSummer Nights Dream is based on themes developed with a 'waxing Sun.' The longest day of the year represents Solar power expressed through light comedy because abundance, happiness,  and ease with daily life prevail during the summer months and auger success. Ancient Rome celebrated the longest day as Litha or Vestalia;  India once considered the Solstice the most significant celebration day of the year.  The day is known as 'All Couple's Day' in Greece, and the 'Feast of Epona' in ancient Gaul. Capricorn is the winter gate to  returning light, the shortest day of the year, the mountaintop, and  spiritualization of the terrestrial.

• Way Statioin and Procession
  Red Chapel and inscriptions - Hatshepsut originally erected a Way-Station for the barque of Amun

*-According to Aeschylus and Hesiod, Gaea was the first Pythia, or Pythoness, at Delphi. 

*-We learn from Ovid that her daughter Themis [] was "Queen of Oracles." (Precise years not firmly established to date.)

*-c. 2000 B.C.
Indo-Europeans were passing the Bosphorus, on their ways into western Europe.

*-c. 1500 B.C.
During the tenure of Phoebe [], Apollo killed Pytho, a great black warrior/guardian dedicated to the Oracle, in a duel at Delphi. The Oracle took the name 'Pythoness' in his honour.

*-c. 1447 B.C.
Volcanic eruption of Santorini, and destruction of Minoan Crete

*-Before 1200 B.C.
Warrior heroes at Delos and Mycenae coincide with  monumental architecture, open sanctuaries such as Apollo’s temple at Delphi.
Phemonoe was the fourth priestess at Delphi. Herophile of Erythraea (descended from Noah) was named Sibyl, and expanded the Oracle into Italy.
Hyperochus followed her, and then the Hebrew prophetess from Palestine, whose name was Sabbe. It is believed by some Sabbe [] was the Sibyl of power triad fame, established between the High Priest in Jerusalem, the King of Sparta, and the Oracle at Delphi.
Namto, daughter of Tiresias from Thebes, prophesied in the streets.
A daughter of Tiresias named Daphne also prophesied.
The Delphic Oracle predicted the Trojan War.

*-7th century BC 
The seat of the Amphictyony (an association of Greek states) was transferred to Delphi, establishing it as an independent community. 



*-c. 650 BC 
 First temple of Apollo built - the shrines to Leto and Artemis [as Delos temples suggest] echo an ancient mother goddess triad, from the earlier social foundation - the prior design had been patterned on the line of the parent-child relationship. 

The History of Delphi

The Temple of Apollo - Great Theatre

One explanation for 'modern' scientists misstating the facts about the Oracle at Delphi may be due to their fascination with images of the Priestess, to the extent they failed to read any documentation as to 'real life' status the Pythoness took on while in communion with her deity.     

The scientists commenting on the recent discovery at Delphi are not scholars on the subject of metaphysical research  (and they pretty much say so in their report) so these brief corrections should go some distance to balance the mainstream influx of information current on this topic:

a) The Delphi site was dedicated to many supernatural, paranormal or unexplained phenomena over the thousands of years it was active, including Apollo. As Robert Graves mentions in his deep level examination of THE WHITE GODDESS, Apollo had several 'faces' to consider as well. 
 

     "Among the favourite subjects of Greek and Etruscan art are Hercules carrying off the Dog and his struggles with the guardian of the Lamian oracle at Delphi for the possession of the roebuck and of the tripod. To call this guardian Apollo is misleading because Apollo was not at that time a Sun-god, but an Underworld oracular hero. The sense of these myths seems to be than an attempt to substitute the cult of the oracular oak for that of the oracular laurel at Delphi failed, but that the shrines at Ceryneia in Arcadia and Cape Taenarum in Laconia, where most mythographers place the entrance to the Underworld visited by Hercules, were captured..."

     Later on we read from the chapter "Hercules On A Lotus" information from Plutarch of Delphi, as to the identity of the demi-god Dionysus:

     "The affair about the Titans and the Night of Accomplishment corresponds with what are called 'Tearings to pieces', 'Resurrections' and 'Regenerations' in the rites of Osiris. The same applies to burial rites. There are burial chests of Osiris in many Egyptian cities; similarly we claim at Delphi that the remains of Dionysus are buried near the place of the Oracle. And our consecrated  priests perform a secret sacrifice in Apollo's sanctuary at the time of the awakening of the Divine Child by the Thyiades."

     Robert Graves then adds: "Thus 'Hercules' is seen to be also another name for Osiris whose yearly death is still celebrated in Egypt, even after thirteen centuries of Mohammedanism... Plutarch carefully distinguishes Apollo (Hercules as a god) from Dionysus (Hercules as demi-god). This Apollo never dies, never changes his shape; he is eternally young, strong and beautiful. Dionysus perpetually changes, like Proteus the Pelasgian god, or Periclymenus the Minyan, son of Neleus, or the ancient Irish Uath Mac Immomuin ('Horror son of Terror'), into an infinity of shapes. So Pentheus in the Bacchae of Euripides charges him to appear 'as a wild bull, as a many-headed snake, or as a fire-breathing lion' - whichever he pleases: almost exactly in the words of the Welsh bard Cynddelw....  thus in Britain, Amathaon was Hercules as Dionysus; his father Beli was Hercules as Apollo."

b) Anyone familiar with Christian saints or Eastern mystical teachers will know of the possible pain involved when their   extraordinary experiences occur, especially levitation, as described by those in the chamber with Pythia when she was lifted into the air and forcefully thrown across the sanctuary. Christian saints write of such intense pain as a sword passing through their whole body, from the top of the head through the spine and out through their feet. It is not surprising to learn the springs beneath the Oracle's private quarters and the temple shrine contained some type of anesthetic characteristic. Otherwise one would wonder how anyone could have long survived such continued physical beating. If the reason for Pythia's prophecy rests with an anesthetic gas, used by the medical profession in the early 1900s, why are there no records of patients in the operating room levitating and being thrown into the walls or on the floor after the gas was administered?

c) The 'perfect' city-state, Sparta, was created by the Oracle at Delphi. She was a priestess in the Temple at Jerusalem, sent by the High Priest to serve at the Delphi Shrine. She was not a member of any psychic switchboard or hotline. She did not participate in psychic faires. Psychic activity has nothing whatsoever to do with Delphi - just as softball has nothing whatsoever to do with the Super Bowl.

d) Pytho or Delphi has been regarded as the Ancient World geographical center of the earth, at about 22 longitude east of Greenwich, and at about 38 latitude north of the equator. Modern researchers recognize  Delphi was the selected, established world center site because of the intersection of two major ley lines under it.
 

            As "metropolis" the Monad is feminine, like the padma or lotus,
            the basic form of the Lamaic mandala (Rose or Golden Flower.)

Caution - The Following Statements Carry High FICTION Content Posing As Fact:

PRESS ON THE SUBJECT OF DELPHI IN RECENT MONTHS

     The following excerpts gave a story about tradition and prophecy at the Delphi Temple, in a more or less flippant style as,  "did she inhale"  - High Priestess of the Delphi Temple:
Washington Post Staff Writer says  .....          February 4, 2002

"So what's the story with the priestesses at Delphi? Did they really channel for Apollo, or were they just high on something?....

Scientists don't know about Apollo, but evidence is growing that the priestesses, known as pythia, were ripped on hydrocarbon gases, especially ethylene, a sometime anesthetic which, taken in modest doses, can induce lively conversation of a somewhat incoherent nature.... This is because the Temple of Apollo at Delphi sits on crisscrossing geological faults, according to a team of scientists..."   

Another report about discovery at Delphi:

Delphi - Discovery and Developments in Scientific Theories About The Ancient Temple and Springs

The Pythia, a role filled by different women from about 1400 B.C. to A.D. 381, was the medium through which the god Apollo spoke. According to legend, Plutarch, a priest at the Temple of Apollo, attributed Pythia's prophetic powers to vapors. Other accounts suggested the vapors may have come from a chasm in the ground.

"Plutarch made the right observation," said Jelle De Boer, a geologist at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and co-author of the study. "Indeed, there were gases that came through the fractures."

Several years ago, Greek researchers found a fault running east to west beneath the oracle's temple. De Boer and his colleagues discovered a second fault, which runs north to south. "Those two faults do cross each other, and therefore interact with each other, below the site," said De Boer.

Additional information from another article:
De Boer, a geologist commented that Pythia, "delivered her prophecies while immersed in a trance induced by a naturally occurring mixture of ethane, methane, and ethylene, a sweet-  smelling gas that was used as an anesthetic in the early 20th century. When de Boer and his colleagues recently analyzed sediments from inside the shrine's foundation they discovered trapped molecules of ethane and methane. They also found these gases, as well as ethylene, bubbling up in the Kerna Spring, northwest of the temple. De Boer thinks it is time to give Plutarch proper credit: "He was a very good naturalist. He gave what is basically a primitive geological report."

Another scientist chimed in on this topic, so you'll want to read what he says about Loch Ness and earthquakes after this comment:
"But this was archaeologists, mainly," said geologist Luigi Piccardi of Italy's National Research Council in Florence, whose own research in Greece reflects many of the U.S. team's conclusions. "The mechanics of active faulting are something only recently understood."

Geologists have known for years that much of Greece is in one of the world's most active seismological areas. Delphi sits in the middle of the east-west "Corinth Rift Zone," which slices the country in half.

This information is also from the source for the above two paragraphs:
Apparently, there is are two fault lines that create an "X" directly underneath the temple and in that fault, there have been found bitumin rich limestone and a spring northeast to the temple contains methane and also the time honored favorite of young stoners, Ethylene.

The following article is the last in this series since the rest are written by, for the most part, those on an elevator that is not going to the top floor:

For further information

Okay, I'm off my soap box    now you can relax again.

• Ancient tomb treasures of King Tutankhamun touring 
  U.S. museums

• Kingdom of the Khalifs of Cairo during the Crusades,
  the Twelfth Century [Kingdom of Heaven homepage]

• Empire of Sultan Salah Al-Din 1171-1193 [Crusader]
  
   

Check Out Location Photo File

• Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome
• Cheddar 1922
• Cheddar Cliffs, J.R.R. Tolkien
  reference
• Coliseum, Rome
• Naples, Italy 1828
• Saturn Temple excavation,
  gov.files
• Temple of Vesta

General information about the Oracles:

     It should be mentioned for the benefit of those unfamiliar with chronology related to the early Roman Empire, the Oracles burned their own books and closed shop in the early part of the Piscean Era. They decided to withdraw from the mainstream during a military era. Most renown on the topic of quiet detachment from the empire would be the Cumean Sibyl. I say this because she burned seven of the ten books the Roman Senate needed to interpret events pertaining to the future of Rome. The Emperor refused to buy the set of ten books from her. Each day the Emperor held out another book was burned until he finally paid the original amount of coin for the three books that remained. The military state completely disregarded ancient law pertaining to sacred place and spiritual teachers so the Oracles and Sibyls chose to withdraw until such time as the military age has run its course. Read more about Delphi at the ancient oracles page.