The Oracle of Trophonius

The Oracle of Delphi was one of the four Oracles associated with Apollo. It is also probably the most dangerous. The petitioner would enter and drink from both the fountain of memory and the fountain of forgetfulness in order to prepare the mind. Assuming he or she did not die, they would go to the Cave of Trophonius where they would experience untold horrors from which came "nightmarish verse." Assembled properly, the nightmarish verse. Once the petitioner came out of the cave, assuming he or she was not driven insane (or died), he or she would sit on the Throne of Memory and the verse would come out. The priest wrote down what the petitioner said and that would be a prophecy. Without the Throne of Memory, the petitioner would forever be trapped with horrors of the cave.