Volcanic Cone of Mt. Aetna in Sicily

The volcano Aetna on the island of Sicily, is the site of an alleged mystic experience of Empedocles, a philosopher and wealthy man from Agrigentum, a Greek city on the Sicilian south coast. On contemplating the flickering of fire, his brain networks made him ecstatic. Legend has it that he jumped into the fire of the volcano and that only his sandals were blown back out.