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"I'm sure it will turn out all right," or "all we can do is hope for a miracle," are the kind of phrases everyone uses from time to time, reflecting, says Michael Wood, the ancient yet at the same time suspicious faith in oracles and their supposed foreknowledge of how some event will reach its conclusion. His all-encompassing study of oracular pronouncements and their outcomes is an intriguing omnium-gatherum taking in Wittgenstein, newspaper astrology columns (the author admits a particular fondness for the writing of the late Patrick Walker!), Nostradamus and even The Matrix along its wise and merry way, although one could wish it didn't begin with such an overlong analysis of fortune-telling in ancient Greece - whence the title. The Road to Delphi is a work of thoughtful wit and sharp observation: what a pity thatWood didn't devote some space to examining J.W. Dunne's extraordinary book on precognition An Experiment with Time, which is the 20th century's most fascinating and significant study of the supposed phenomenon. (Kirkus UK)
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'The Road to Delphi' offers a sympathetic and entertaining account of humanity's persistent belief in 'signs'. Beginning with the oracles of ancient Greece, Michael Wood traces the evolution of the 'culture of the oracle' in literature and in popular culture.
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"I'm sure it will turn out all right," or "all we can do is hope for a miracle," are the kind of phrases everyone uses from time to time, reflecting, says Michael Wood, the ancient yet at the same time suspicious faith in oracles and their supposed foreknowledge of how some event will reach its conclusion. His all-encompassing study of oracular pronouncements and their outcomes is an intriguing omnium-gatherum taking in Wittgenstein, newspaper astrology columns (the author admits a particular fondness for the writing of the late Patrick Walker!), Nostradamus and even The Matrix along its wise and merry way, although one could wish it didn't begin with such an overlong analysis of fortune-telling in ancient Greece - whence the title. The Road to Delphi is a work of thoughtful wit and sharp observation: what a pity thatWood didn't devote some space to examining J.W. Dunne's extraordinary book on precognition An Experiment with Time, which is the 20th century's most fascinating and significant study of the supposed phenomenon. (Kirkus UK)
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'The Road to Delphi' offers a sympathetic and entertaining account of humanity's persistent belief in 'signs'. Beginning with the oracles of ancient Greece, Michael Wood traces the evolution of the 'culture of the oracle' in literature and in popular culture.
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