{"id":169,"date":"2003-11-13T23:57:24","date_gmt":"2003-11-13T23:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonjnugent.com\/wordpress\/?p=169"},"modified":"2022-05-07T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T11:56:09","slug":"simon-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonjnugent.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Sy’s Psychic Quest (aka The Icon Trail) 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so my Psychic Quest isn’t going so well. After my initial burst of enthusiasm I realised that the landmark in question wasn’t in the city I thought it was – but somewhere else entirely. This puts me in a dilemma: do I now switch my attention to city 2 and focus the quest there or do I continue to investigate city 1 and hope that it boasts a similar (but less well-known) landmark. Let me be less cryptic and confess (nearly) all. The psychic information that I have pinpoints “the straight street” in Ephesus as the place where a certain treasure is hidden. I did an internet search on this and thought that I had discovered a Straight Street (capitalised) in Ephesus whereas it’s actually in Damascus (it’s where St Paul lived). I feel that turning to Damascus is a cheat. Firstly the psychic was fairly clear that Ephesus was where the action was. If they fail at the first hurdle, you have to question their ability overall. \u0644\u0639\u0628\u0629 \u0628\u0644\u0648\u062a<\/a> If, however, evidence for a noted, although probably not capitalised, straight street emerged in Ephesus, you would have to consider this a good hit. The closest I have come is the following: “A great street ran from the inner harbour right up to the base of Pion. \u0646\u062a\u0627\u0626\u062c \u064a\u0648\u0631\u0648 2023<\/a> The visitor to Ephesus, after landing at the harbour, would traverse this long straight street, edged by porticoes, with a series of magnificent buildings on either hand, until he reached the left front of the Great Theatre and the beginning of the steep ascent of Pion.” Any more information (psychic or otherwise) that could shed light on this street would be most welcome. \u0633\u0631\u0639\u0629 \u0633\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0627\u0644\u064a<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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