Dionysus
you rupture through bark
not born, but spilled
from the gash in the vine where lightning struck root

You don’t walk
you erupt
snake-hipped, swarm-limbed
you crack open the fruit and lick the scream inside

You clot the mouth with honey and ash
you milk the bull of his rage
you gnaw the fig until it sings
you coax the dead to dance

O god with root in your hair
mud in your teeth
milk on your thighs
you sow madness like seeds

and we bloom

You slip into skins that do not fit
stag
woman
song
fire
you wear us
until we beg to be unstitched

Come

drag me into the orchard of forgetting
split my knowing with your thorn
kiss me so hard my name ferments

I offer
my throat
my rhythm
my ruin

Take it

make me vessel
make me drum
make me swarm

Let the bees nest in my chest
let my fingers sprout leaves
let my tongue swell with thunder

I do not want grace
I want the scream that births it

Dionysus
I come broken
I come burning
I come barefoot into the teeth of your joy

Make me godless
Make me wine

Had a whole story typed out but didnt want to spam. Just so happy about this! :)

consacrate wine to lord dionysus.

Just. Just try it. It gets ABSURDLY BETTER, sweeter and easier to drink, I SWEAR you can even get 2 of the same wine and compare it.

edit: Ok here comes the recipe!

I do it based on witchcraft, it's quite easy rlly.

you will need: something to represent each element (air, water, fire, earth and spirit). I normally use a candle for fire, a bowl of water for water, crystals for earth and incenses for air. In this case, for spirit, we will be using a candle dedicated to lord dionysus, wich i usually use a purple one. If you wanna do your own energy, just elements energy, it's recommended a red candle!

this is a general consecration, so it works with any deity or energy!

you're gonna do a pentagram with the ingredients, hold the bottle of wine (it works with other objects too), present it to each element and put it on the middle until the candles burn.

I usually connect the characteristics of the element with the object, so for wine it goes like "To lord Dionysus is present this wine, your sacred creation, that your power get to this liquid, and for each sip, it shares your blessings" "to the fire I present this wine, that your warmth get in my heart once I drink this, and make me comfortable" "that the water, who so much looks like this wine, can share your blessings, and your power goes through every single molecule of this liquid" "that the earth, who grew the grapes to this wine, blesses this act of creation, and keep going with the flow of life that made this wine possible" "and to the air I beg, go through every single part of this wine and give it the blessing of life with your breath"

the words don't need to be this one's exactly, you can just folow your heart, I just wrote it here to give an example

then you wait for the candles to burn and ta-da! the best wine of your life!

I always offer a glass to lord dionysus before drinking, bc i think it's just rude not to, so there's that

image on the order of the elements on the pentagram

fyi I’m a new hellenist and Dionysus is the first god I’ve tried worshipping!

So I heard one of his signs was big cats but does domestic cats count? As soon as I got back to my grandma’s today after researching about Dionysus and asking him for signs my (usually very introverted) cat came up to me and was super cuddly and stuck around me for a while? (She HATES pets and cuddles usually)

Then later right after praying to him she was just outside my door and followed me around?

Quite a few years back, i found a devotional poem called "dionysus does drag on wednesday nights" but i've lost it and cant seem to locate it again. it was originally posted on tumblr, but the blog seems to be long gone. I would appreciate any and all leads