#Dionysos

[alexzehooman]

On Stage With Dionysos

My heart races in my chest. The lights are dim. I’m waiting for my cue. Oh Bachhos, give me guidance, I pray and pray as the lights rise and I enter. His hand guides my movements, a beautiful dance of poetry, He guides my voice through the air, thick with tension. I call on the Patron of Theatre for guidance, and he answers as wine fills a glass, so fast, and so strong. The power of Lord Dionysos moves the audience to tears as my voice booms through the auditorium. He shouts with me, He falls with me, he cries with me. And as the lights fall for the last time He holds me in His soft arms. Thank you, o Dionysos, God of stories told not on paper, but with our voices and our bodies, Lord of ecstasy and joy, such joy I felt when we were considered the best of the best from Your guidance. Praise, O Lord!

[dionysiandex]

Dionysus devotees or hellenics who worship other deities, I'm curious!

What's your favorite ritual, routine, offering or something alike you do for your deity?

I'd love to know! So go rant and yap.

(If I used a wrong word or phrasing, lmk. I'm still new to Hellenism)

[namarikonda]

I remade Dionysus' design from Hades II 🏺🍇🌿

[jugganautism]

dionysus redesign cuz i was bored of my old one

[slobzsloth]

[reejindeed]

A little Dionysus doodle

[crimson-deceit]

—The Bacchae—

An older art piece I did for the play The Bacchae! 💕🍇🍷

[dionysianfreak]

Dionysos, the seen and the unseen 🍇🍷

✧ please do not repost to other sites~

[cameron-possibly]

ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα Διόνυσος, ὃν τίκτει ποθ᾽ ἡ Κάδμου κόρη Σεμέλη λοχευθεῖσ᾽ ἀστραπηφόρῳ πυρί

"I have come, the child of Zeus, to this land of Thebes. I, Dionysus, whom Semele the daughter of Cadmus once bore, brought forth by the fire of lightning."

Bacchae - Euripides

[fabledfoxglove]

ꕥ ᴅɪᴏɴʏsᴜs • ɢᴏᴅ ᴏғ ᴡɪɴᴇ, ᴠᴇɢᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ғᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ, ғᴇsᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ, ʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇss, ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs ᴇᴄsᴛᴀsʏ, ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴀᴛᴇʀ ꕥ

[winedarkgod]

have a photo dump of random pictures of Dionysus I just had on my phone

[rongrii]

Dionysus!!

He was very fun to draw, I really like to use combination on yellow and purple :]

Drew him with horns as a reference to his older versions throughout the history

[dantealighierienjoyer]

Digital offering for Lord Apollon and Lord Dionysos, my beloved patrons<3

[sarafangirlart]

So even back then ppl were really pushing the Perseus/Andromeda and Dionysus/Ariadne parallels

[beatingdrumspouringwine]

Advice for beginner Hellenists

This isn't necessarily a post where I include a list of Gods, epithets, resources, and offerings for said Gods, but rather, hopefully soothing the worries of those of us who are starting the journey into the religion. As someone who was once in a religion that made other religions sound like something absolutely terrifying, my journey into Hellenism was once which was also... pretty terrifying, and this fear was mostly just from my own mind.

Anyways, my list of Advice:

You can literally just start praying. If you want to get more formal, you can absolutely get more formal, but you very much don't have to. I've definitely had my first prayers to some Gods be "hello, [God or Goddess's name], I want to worship You! Please lead me in my journey. Thanks!" I can promise you, the Gods are much kinder and more understanding than any of us fully know.

You can also just start worshiping in general. I feel like I've seen on occasion people worried about the Gods not "calling" to them. This is definitely not something that needs to happen pre-worship. If you find them interesting enough to pray to, then that in and of itself is enough.

In a similar vein, I wouldn't be too concerned about the idea of "signs". I feel like there's a tendency for folks to be incredibly worried about everything when first starting out - the behavior of a candle, the sighting of an animal, a strange dream, all can suddenly seem to take on jarring significance. But I can promise you, the Gods don't constantly give out signs, and frequently, these strange occurrences can be attributed to the mundane. When something comes from the Gods, you will know, trust me!

You don't have to worry too much about the idea of cleanliness, be it spiritual or physical. Khernips are cool, and I'd definitely recommend integrating them into your practice sooner or later. Hygiene is cool too! But if I'm being honest, we in the modern day are far more physically clean, and a lot less likely to regularly encounter the type of pollution that would have been encountered in ancient Greece.

The Gods will be at varying distances over the course of your worship. Sometimes, They will feel close, joyfully, burningly so. And sometimes, They will feel far, and prayers may even feel a bit futile. Both of those are perfectly okay, and neither of those will be permanent.

And, once again in a similar vein, you will likely not find yourself having constant, close mystical experiences with the Gods (i.e., conversations, visions, etc.). These experiences are rare and far between, and I would advise that you not make them a central part of your worship. They will come when the Gods deem you're ready for them, and you definitely won't be expecting it. Focus on the little things!

My final thing (for now) is that you also shouldn't put undue pressure on yourself to be doing some sort of big offering to the Gods. If that's what you can afford, that's great! But if not, fresh water, a small wildflower that you came across and picked*, or a small bit of a meal also count as a good offering!

And with that, my (much longer than I was previously planning on) list of things for beginners to keep in mind! A lot of this list is made up of things which I picked up along the way, and a lot of it is also made from my own personal hindsight being 20/20. I hope this is helpful to someone, and that it maybe soothes some of the (incredibly common) worries which so often accompany those who are venturing into the world of Hellenic polytheism!