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Holistic Healing Sanctuaries of Asklepios At Epidavros and Pergamon

2 HOUR ONLINE PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOP

Sunday December 7th 8pm (UK)
Cost: £30

A presentation exploring the philosophy, architecture, design, and Asklepiade healing methods an ancient pilgrim would have encountered at two of Asklepios's most celebrated sanctuaries in Greece and Turkey.

From the sublime architecture, sacred theatre and healing springs, to the dormitories and feasting halls - the Asklepion represents all that is good and great about holisitic healing methods in ancient Hellas.

We know of about 300 ancient Asklepions around the Mediterranean, but the ones at Epidavros and Pergamon are two of the most well known.

These centres functioned as early hospitals, sanatoriums and a sort-of sacred spa. They were pilgrimage sites, where the afflicted sought out a cure from the divine physician Asklepios, son of Apollo.

We know from surgical tools found onsite that the Asklepiades were performing surgeries, and that ancient Greek 'Root Cutters' created detailed and voluminous herbals that provide evidence for a really impressive knowledge of the properties of a vast range of herbs, flowers, trees and plants. Dioscorides even describes an early anaesthetic made by bruising mandrake and steeping the root in wine.