20.10.31: 11.2: news.wealth/entheogen/oracle trance based on Ethylene:
Jelle Zeilinga de Boer and John R. Hale
. gas from a fissure in a Delphic mountainside,
caused humans to be filled with a prophetic spirit,
and that was the source of the oracle's power
on Mount Parnassus in the Temple of Apollo.
. the temple had the famous inscription, "Know Thyself".
. the oracle would lapse into semi-consciousness,
responding to questions in a strangely altered voice.
. apparently due to medical complications from an
overdose characterized by convulsions and groaning
she died a few days later, according to Plutarch,
a priest of Apollo at the Delphic sanctuary.
. similarly, in the early 1900's,
anesthesiologist Isabella Herb found that
Ethylene in low concentrations,
induced a state of benign "out-of-body" trance
where subjects can answer questions,
but their speech patterns are altered,
and complete amnesia of the trance follows.
In 16% of ethylene experiments,
subjects experienced convulsions
accompanied by groaning or shrieking.
. ethylene compared to laughing gas,
worked twice as fast, and was twice as potent;
but ethylene’s use as an anesthetic
was discouraged by its combustibility.
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