Welcome to A Temple Wild Podcast, where we rediscover the myths of the ancient Greeks through the plants and landscapes that shaped them.In this episode, we’ll be meeting the Greek gods of Night, Sleep, and Dreams - Nyx, Hypnos, the Oneiroi, Mnemosyne, and more. We’ll explore dream rituals in ancient Greece, in particular dream incubation as a means for healing and divination as occurred at the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus and at the Oracle of Trophonios. We’ll learn about how the Greeks understood their dreams and how they are connected to the Underworld. And we’ll meet one of my favorite flowers of the Greek landscape, the often controversial - and even illegal in some countries - Poppy.
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0:00 Intro
2:03 Greek Mythology Herbal Tours
3:25 Erebos
3:48 Nyx
4:30 Hypnos and the River Lethe
5:53 Oneiroi and Morpheus
7:00 Land of Dreams and Hermes
7:43 Dream Incubation
8:37 Epidaurus, Asclepius, and the Serpent
13:19 Oracle of Trophonios
17:43 Mnemosyne and the Muses
19:38 The Underworld and Death
20:33 Greek Dream Interpretation
24:30 Modern Dream Ceremonies
28:20 The Poppy Flower
40:41 Moon, Sun and Upcoming Episode
12 дек 2023
