Alteration of Consciousness in Ancient Greece
by
Yulia Ustinova
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
‘Our greatest blessings come to us by way of mania, provided it is given us by divine gift,’ – says Socrates in Plato’s Phaedrus. Certain forms of alteration of consciousness, considered to be inspired by supernatural forces, were actively sought in ancient Greece. Divine mania comprises a...