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Places of magic

11 places: oracles and sacred sites, magic markets, witch-trial memorials, schools and museums, and towns known for a tradition. Each has a note for a respectful visit.

MarketOracleSacred siteTrial site or memorialSchool or museumTown known for a traditionCentre of practice
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South Asia

Oracle, IndiaNechung Monastery in exileThe home in exile of the state oracle of Tibet, who is consulted by the Dalai Lama and speaks in trance.

East Asia

Oracle, Hong Kong, 1 entryWong Tai Sin TempleA Taoist temple in Kowloon where visitors shake out bamboo fortune sticks and have the answer read by a diviner.Oracle, JapanMount OsoreA volcanic mountain at the northern tip of Honshu where blind women mediums, the itako, call the spirits of the dead each July.

North Africa

Oracle, Egypt, 1 entrySiwa OasisA remote oasis in the western desert, home to the Oracle of Amun that Alexander the Great consulted in 331 BCE.

Europe

Oracle, Greece, 3 entriesDelphiThe Greek sanctuary of Apollo where, for about a thousand years, a priestess called the Pythia answered questions from cities and kings.Oracle, Greece, 2 entriesDelphi (sample)Oracle, Italy, 1 entryCumaeThe first Greek colony in Italy, home of the Sibyl and a long cave that Roman writers linked to her prophecies.Oracle, Italy, 1 entryPraenesteOracle, TurkeyDidymaThe sanctuary of Apollo on the Aegean coast of Turkey, with a vast temple and an oracle that rivalled Delphi.Oracle, GreeceDodonaA remote Greek oracle of Zeus, older than Delphi, where answers were read from a sacred oak.Oracle, AlbaniaNymphaion

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven entries you may not know, what is on the calendar this week, and one rite drawn step by step.