Sacred Springs & the Lithium Myth

For millennia, mineral springs sacred to the the Ancient Greeks & their gods were used for their ability to heal myriad illnesses, including mental illness and mood. Now, modern medicine has proven the truth behind the hellenistic belief and science that drove people all over the mediterranean world into these sacred springs, and that truth lies in one element: lithium.

But did we take the evidence and run wild with it? Or is there something uniquely special about the minerals in that region that makes them better medicine than anywhere else? Why did the myth of springs stewarded by the gods of madness start for the Ancient Greeks? And where did the myth of the mediterranean being a bastion for healing waters begin for modern classics and medicine?

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