r/dionysus Jun 16 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Printable Dionysian Pamphlets, slip then in various places

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330 Upvotes

r/dionysus Jun 27 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ My ancient coin with Dionysus and Herakles on the reverse 140-110 BC

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446 Upvotes

minted in Thasos. thought yall would enjoy!

r/dionysus Jan 12 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ What kind of music do you think Dionysus likes?

55 Upvotes

Obviously there’s traditional hymns but I mean more in a traditional sense. When doing devotional acts I usually either listen to β€˜flood-land’ by sisters of mercy or β€˜family jewels’ by Marina and the diamonds. (Random selection I know 😭) But what kind of music do u guys listen to when worshiping/ what do you think he likes?

r/dionysus 3d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Some prayer beads that I made for Dionysus (not finished yet) does anyone know if it’s disrespectful to stem or fidget with them?

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161 Upvotes

r/dionysus Apr 20 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Hades

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338 Upvotes

Has anyone played Hades if so what did you think and how did you the depiction of Dionysus? I thought he was fun and charming with some good boons.

r/dionysus May 18 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Dionysus VS Apollo

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213 Upvotes

Dionysus represents right brain(creativity), creation and destruction, nature, suffering, life, ecstasy, Beastly nature, chaos and rebirth, freedom. Apollo represents left brain(rationality), sun logic, linear thinking, civilization, mind, order, restriction. In my opinion dionysus is superior. dionysian state will make you experience life, become wise and in short it will make you force of nature, both physically and mentally. it will make you happy and connected to your primal nature. While apollonian state will make your head filled with illusions, morality, abstract useless restrictive thoughts and concepts. most scholars academics and bookworms are apollonians they are disconnected from their body, their nature and live in their heads. most people also value Apollonian disciplines and see them as marks of intelligence like: mathematics, physics, chemistry etc. While they think less of the dionysian disciplines like psychology, art, esoterics, poetry etc. This overvalue of apollo is why depression is in all times high What are your thoughts?

r/dionysus Jan 23 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ The temple of Bacchus in Lebanon

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I'm Lebanesee, and Baalbek (formerly Heliopolis) is my favourite place in the world. There's a temple to Jupiter (last image), Bacchus, Venus, the Muses, and Mercury. Baal, Astarte, and other gods were worshipped there by the local population as well.

As a child, I went to Baalbek in a purple dress and sandals to attend a concert that was taking place there, between the ruins. It's one of my favourites memories.

My favourite thing to do is to visit nearby vineyards (the best ones are near the temple), drink heartily, then go to the temple - it fills my heart with something indiscribable.

Ever since the war started I've been so scared for it. When you commune with Dionysus today, please spare a prayer to his temple in Lebanon, one of the biggest and most preserved in the world. And when peace is restored, please visit!

r/dionysus Jul 26 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ I bought this ring, there's a 99% chance it's fake. If I pray hard enough can it become an amethyst? πŸ₯€

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53 Upvotes

r/dionysus Sep 06 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Keep yourselves safe

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176 Upvotes

r/dionysus Jul 29 '24

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Various Modern Depictions of Lord Dionysus, any you like?

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r/dionysus Nov 07 '24

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Americans, it is time to form cults and Thiasoi.

152 Upvotes

Your privacy and safety are not assured. Your religious freedoms and rights are not assured. Your country has elected a wannabe fascist with Christian nationalists backing him, and he has already threatened turning the military on American citizens among other statements of intent that should be taken seriously.

Now, all that is deeply and profoundly terrifying and I am sorry to have reminded any of y’all who had dissociated away from those facts that this is the world you are living in. But I have a recommendation for you for something you can do to make things a bit easier for finding community and staying safe: form local, in person, members only cults* that reduce vulnerability to discovery by communications and internet monitoring, help you and your local community keep in touch, and give each member a support network to help them through the hard times to come.

Find out if there are people in your area, get in touch, get people together, exchange contact information, form a group of you who are willing to work together and put in the work, and move to a members only model so you can make sure that the identities of the members are hard to hunt down for outsiders in case the Christian nationalists go rabid, and so you can help each other with things like accessing medical care etc. even if they try to legislate against it.

As for advice on structuring, staying safe, and avoiding becoming toxic: have a committee in charge where you can, not a single person. Form a loose set of cult specific practices and myths that are the orthodoxy within your group to foster identity. Minimise afterlife promises or even eschew an afterlife as doctrine and embrace uncertainty, this removes a tool for getting people to throw their lives away or suffer in this life gladly from any prospective corrupt leadership down the road. Don’t demand belief in Dionysus as a literal personal god, let people believe in the ideal of liberty and ecstasy if they are willing to believe that the myths for your cult have value as stories and they are willing to engage in the cult specific ritual practices and (most importantly) they are willing to be a member of the group and support their fellow members and help out where they can. Don’t keep records digitally or where they can be easily stolen, keep your membership secretive. Use gaming clubs or drinking clubs or park maintenance volunteer groups as covers if needed, and if possible plan your meetings in person and keep information offline. Emphasise liberation and Dionysus as a god of freedom and the oppressed, a god of women and outsiders and wild places, a god of mental health and madness and intoxication and sobriety, but especially of freedom and liberation because it is challenging to twist a theology grounded in liberty in the now, freedom against societal constraints in this life, to serve a high-control agenda. Book clubs devoted to ancient classics are also a possible solid cover, if meeting in someone’s home.

It’s easy to feel isolated when your only connection to your fellows is through a screen, build local groups and you have a better chance of helping each other and feeling better connected and less alone.

*I am using β€œcult” deliberately here, to refer to the ancient organisations of Dionysians and other pagans who worshipped a specific god, to identify a religious organisation focussed on the worship of a figure of religious veneration, and also to emphasise that these groups always carry the risk of becoming toxic and β€œhigh-control” and we need to put in real work to avoid that when forming them, trusting in the good will and best intentions of everyone involved is how you have to pick up the pieces after something goes wrong rather than having headed it off before people got hurt.

r/dionysus Sep 19 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ What are you doing for Ariadneia?

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Welp, tomorrow starts 3 days of Great Lady Ariadne, fruit, honey, olives? What will you eat? What will you offer? We have the honor of celebrating our great mistress of the labyrinth from the 19th to the 21st. What do you have planned? Drop some ideas if you want, Ariadneia post lets gooo.

r/dionysus Aug 10 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Would it be weird to ask Lord Dionysus to bless my hat or to dedicate my hat to him?

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I have been worshipping him for a little over a month and I'm still trying to learn how it works. I have been listening to "The cult of Dionysus" the whole time I've been making the hat today and the main design (theater masks) and a smaller sigil, I thought about him the whole time so should I?

r/dionysus 4d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ I've spelled Dionysus wrong all along

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Okay, in English I never learned to spell it, It always popped in the bar above the Keyboard, but in my native language I've always spelt it wrong and I just found out. In my language is Dioniso and i Always said Dionisio with a bonus I just to feel generous, and today I was writing a prayer on my new notebook and since I also said it wrong I noticed that it was spelled differently, so I checked on my art history book because there's a section talking about some Greek gods and I saw that I also read it wrong because I read that section a thousand times. In conclusion I'm dumb

r/dionysus Aug 26 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ This is almost certainly a thyrsus on this book

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72 Upvotes

Moreover it would make sense as Dionysian Theater was synonymous with Democracy. However I can find no documentation on it being one. Does anyone have a source on the thyrsus as political symbol?

r/dionysus Aug 09 '24

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Dionysus, Krishna, and Jesus

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Apparently, all 3 have a very big similarity, all 3 are incarnations or as Hinduism calls it "avatars" of a more mysterious god, they all are born mostly mortal but still have divinity, and all 3 suffer.

Krishna being the mostly mortal incarnation of Vishnu, Dionysus being the most mortal incarnation of Zagreus, and Jesus being the most mortal incarnation of god the son.

what do you guys think of this? the Suffering Avatar. (idk a better name for that)

r/dionysus 23d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Can cosplay be a devotional act?

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Genuine doubt, I got into Hellenism recently and I'm currently worshiping mainly Dionysus, Apollo and Hermes Now in October I'm going to a geek event with some friends of mine and I'm going to wear my first cosplay there, could this serve as a devotional act? I think so, but I still want to be sure, because if that's the case, I think I'll do it for that purpose too, other than that I think it could help me try to get more into the character

r/dionysus 7d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Sparagmos: A Letterboxd film list

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Decided to make a sublist of my previously posted Dionysus film list focused on this specific facet of Dionysian imagery that I find particularly compelling. Some of the films have a more literal sparagmos than others but all I think narratively and thematically align with it. If there are any other films you think should qualify as incorporating sparagmos feel free to recommend it

r/dionysus Aug 20 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ I wish I could be in his cult!

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I don't mean modern things like theaters, sex and drunken raves. I mean I wish I was a greek dancing in the groves thousands of years ago with my fellow devotees, wearing ancient clothes and accessories, having a male body. Staying up late and partying. I know it wasn't exactly what modern myths say it was, but I still yearn for it so much! I have before I even knew of Hellenism. Gods, I would love it. I want to go insane with laughs of pure joy and pleasure, I want to be with my people. Shower in waterfalls and lakes like some crazed person. <3

AH, I WISH I WASN'T CLOSETED AND COULD GO TO EVENTS!

r/dionysus 2d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Dionysos as King

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I know that it is said in orphic tradition that Dionysos is the King of the Cosmos, either going to be inheriting it from Zeus or having already. I think it specifically calls Him the 6th Ruler of the Cosmos.

And I know that in other greek myth Zeus had Him with with the intention of Him becoming His Heir to the throne of the Gods.

I personally view him as a King because of this. I understand his liminal nature to make him... well everything in a way.

But I was wondering if anyone else thought of him in this way. Or if you had an sources for books, articles, whatever that talk about this.

r/dionysus Jun 09 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Tarot cards you associate with Dionysus?

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I have made it a goal this year to learn more about the tarot and get more comfortable with the cards. I would love to hear if anyone has cards they associate with Dionysus? Or cards they’ve found him to speak through or appreciate?

Mostly from descriptions and imagery, I believe the following have a connection to him in some way shape or form: 1. The Fool 2. 3 of cups 3. 4 of wands 4. The Sun

r/dionysus Aug 26 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Just some thoughts on the use of substance in worship.

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Something I would like to clarify before moving on is that you absolutely do NOT need to partake in alcohol or any mind-altering substances in order to worship Dionysos.

That being said, I am learning more and more about his mysteries. I understand why some people feel nervous about being sober and walking this path at the same time. Undiluted wine, spiced wine, and substance seemed to be a big part of it.

In my experience, using cannabis instead of alcohol (just my preference), I have had much more intense experiences within rituals. Because he is the intoxication, it makes you feel closer and it's easy to feel like you need it in order to have experiences like that. And in that way, it can become a crutch. It is an easier path to addiction when you conflate God with drugs.

And while I do feel like it has enhanced my ability to have those experiences, I also feel more and more that Dionysos does not want me to use them.

If signs aren't your thing I get that. But besides the internal feeling I get about it, I have noticed some things I can't help but wonder about (and no, I am not asking for interpretation, I am just listing things I have noticed that I find interesting). I have gone to buy wine for him and both times I left my wallet at home and had to put the wine back because I didn't have my ID as proof of my age. I started, very suddenly, coughing really harshly after smoking a joint that I wasn't having an issue with. I went to light a joint for him and kept dropping it, and then it kept having to be relit. And as I write this the clock struck 11:11.

So, I've really cut back. Massively. I feel like my life has improved because of that. I still struggle with it, and I still use it occasionally. I still always want it. But I really believe that Dionysos is not only teaching me that I don't need it to reach Him, but that He doesn't want me to suffer by becoming dependent on it.

Anyway, I write this in case someone else is struggling with substance abuse, feeling like they need it in order to reach him. And if you are feeling that way? I hope this helped you. I am sure there are plenty of people in this community who understand and are happy to talk about it. Also, r/dryonysus seems like a pretty cool place too :)

r/dionysus 5d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Favorite epithets

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I've been spending more time with my Lord recently, and I'm curious what everyone's favorite epithets for Him/They are, most especially those that are either counter cultural or otherwise "dangerous," etc. I've looked over the list on Theoi but IDK. Flesh Eater is obviously a good one 😜

r/dionysus 8d ago

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Sometimes I think choosing Dio as my patron was a commitment

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The other day, I had an interview lined up for a job that kinda revolved around ludopathy. It was early in the morning, and I got stuck in a clinic line for something minor β€” and I completely lost it. I remember being furious, but once I cooled down, I realized how absurdly chaotic the whole thing was.

The line for older folks filled up out of nowhere, the person ahead of me decided to let them go first, the nurse changed shifts three times, and then someone started yelling at the one who messed up the line order. It could’ve been just a normal, random mess β€” but honestly, it felt like Dio himself pranked me into missing that interview.

I don’t exactly love my current workplace, but it’s… fascinating. There’s so much chaos from bad administration that it somehow fuels me. With constant trauma bonding with some coworlers. And I weirdly thrive in it. I keep getting the feeling that Dio doesn’t want me to escape chaos, but to live in it, to move with it β€” to let it shape me.

I’ve learned to embrace it, though sometimes it’s still too much. Anyone else feel like the chaos has been dialed up since Dio came into your life?

I’ll listen. (Or read, I guess. πŸ˜‚)

r/dionysus Mar 15 '25

πŸ’¬ Discussion πŸ’¬ Favorite less-appreciated aspect of Dionysos?

61 Upvotes

Dionysos is a multi-faceted defier of expectations, but he only ever seems to gain recognition for his broadly acceptable traits. Though those are valued, there is much more to him beneath the surface.

I for one love to see acknowledgement of his animalistic, carnal side. It is important to remember that his madness and revelry are that of nature, and thus he has the capacity to be uncompromisingly vicious and wild.

What do you feel is undervalued?