A history of oracles considers such examples as the oracles at Delphi, pre-Hispanic America, and in numerous works of fiction and popular culture, offering insight into humanity's beliefs about signs and astrology while noting the influence...
THE ROAD TO DELPHI examines the myriad forms oracles have taken throughout literature, myth, and history. Wood, a professor of English at Princeton, combs through various sources to get at some of the defining characteristics of these seers...