I am currently far away from my altar. And am dealing with some externally stressful stuff. It’s been bad news after bad news. Well I wondered feeling lost and found a pub. The sign caught my eye and I felt I could use a drink and a friendly bartender.

So I had an amazing drink and the bartender gave me a shot on the house. Not to mention some delicious food.

I felt. Better. And it was more than just the delight of pleasant conversation and a comforting fog of alcohol. I felt like something positive was washing over.

Before I could even make it back to the hospital, I received a call and it was very good news! The run and dance through the streets not caring who sees kind of good news

I can’t help but feel like I owe my god of delight and joy and drink for some of this weight off of my shoulders. Maybe guided me to that pub. Maybe even more than that. Maybe helped keep the mood of my family bright and upbeat in this tumultuous time. Maybe even helped my mother smile in her dreams while she slept.

So my question here is. I want to say thank you. But my wine, liquor, and more are all at my house. Not to mention my altar.

Can I say thank you and let my boyfriend light the candle and fill his glass? Would this be disrespectful in any way? I don’t have any way to make an altar here where I am.

Can a teenager be a worshiper of Di? My best friend's 15-year-old sister would like to know if she can. I believe she can, but I'm a little unsure. I started with him not long ago either, but I'm an adult.

Hello Dionysians,

I just saw the sidebar ressources and discovered that the post "Who is Dionysus" is missing. Do you have some other good introduction to him?

Thank you

https://www.reddit.com/r/dionysus/comments/of8uwy/who_is_dionysus/

Dionysus is a god of literature: be it theatre, poetry, or sacred texts, his myths and cult often involve using the written word. Dionysus himself enjoys reading, as he says in Aristophanes' Frogs: he was reading Euripides' Andromache while at sea. So, Dionysians, what have y'all been reading?

Hiya ! i'm writing a paper about the Roman adaptation of the Greek religion and it would help me a lot if you could give me a few minutes of your time to answer a few questions in my survey. it's completely anonymous :)

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Hey guys, Just popping here again to thank you to whoever gave me a few resources for my weed use. Thankfully that's better but life is a little worse 😅 i decided im not using socials for a while and as to not fill my free time with weed (?) I wanted to ask you guys your favorite activities to connect with Dio. I plan to buy a lyre in the future but for now i was thinking in paintings and dancing around to start

Any rituals meditations or offerings that can help me get in touch with Dionysus? Any clues I could be aware of to know to worked or his presence is here?

Very recently started connecting with him yesterday and looking to delve more into getting to know him and involve him in my practice.

Any ideas are welcome! I practice sex magic which are offering Dionysus would vibe with, and I’m a tarot/oracle lady so getting in touch with him using divination would be fantastic if there are ideas there.

Thanks!

Does anyone have book recommendations or have more information about: Sicilian lucky pinecones?

I ordered a green one for Dionysus because it seemed fitting for him, what with the pinecone being on top of the Thyrsus.

I know that these pinecones are symbols of luck, fertility, prosperity and immortality - but otherwise I don't know too much about them. I also wondered if anyone else has them on their Altars and Shrines?

(Mild tw for brief mention of ED) So basically since I began worshipping aphrodite I've felt slightly more appreciative of my body. My struggle with disordered eating and bulimia has gotten a lot better. I've looked in the mirror and sort of liked the way I look sometimes. I've had luck finding clothes in stores that both fit me (I'm tall with thick thighs so it's rlly hard for me to find pants that fit specifically) and make me feel good about myself.

Basically, as i take those as signs She is with me, I was wondering if anyone had experienced signs Dionysus is with you. I began worshipping Him a couple of weeks ago, so I would like to know how He may show Himself to others.

It’s taken a while but this painting is finally starting to feel done

So it's been a couple of weeks since I started worshipping Dionysus with altar and all. And at first I felt awkward and what not and it still happens from time to time but recentlyI whenever i get near the altar I feel watched?? Like you know that feeling when someone is looking at you from afar but when you look back there's no one lookin, yeah.

I would feel creeped out about this if it wasn't for the fact I feel so giddy and happy whenever it happens idek how to explain it, but it doesn't feel wrong nor creepy just silly.

Also pretty random, I've been writing like crazy i sort of subconsciously asked to get out of a writer's block and words have just been flowing out onto paper. I've never been so happy

I'M ASKING YOU NOW: Followers of Dionysus, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS SACRED, do not judge me!😭

I am a worshiper of Aphrodite, Apollon and Hermes, but I feel deep down in my soul that I should worship Dionysus too.

However, recently something strange has been happening to me. Every time I think about him, at his parties, for some reason I feel hormonal😭 Like, thinking about something totally normal about him I feel like this!

In fact, a few days ago, the same night after I said a prayer for him, I had an erotic dream with a man identical to how I imagine him.

Guys, I feel SO guilty about this, I feel like this shouldn't happen and it's disrespectful, but these are totally intrusive thoughts.

Remembering that I am young and my hormones are at their peak, and I believe that this also has a certain impact.

Help me, what do I do?🪦

asked for protection, asked for all the negative things holding me were send away

my dad found out about the roommate I NEEDED to kick out and threatened her and she has until tomorrow noon to move out.

it was needed some tears that were actually real for once, but my dad still loves me and I had very little consequences. IM VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

definetly learned my lesson.

You know you're a true Dionysian when your friends are sipping on soda while you're over here making an altar out of empty wine bottles. 🤷‍♀️ It’s like they think “ecstatic joy” is just a myth. Come on, people, let’s revive the festivals! 🍇🍷 Who’s with me? Bacchic Blessings, you beautiful rebels! 🌿

Hello here ,

(I hope all of you are doing okay , many bad things happen in the world but we have to stay strong ! <3)

My english is bad so sorry again , if you need that i rewrite something in the comment let me know .

Recently i read again "The Bacchantes" (i hope that its the english title , mine is in french) and i discover again the sentence where Dionysus talk about growing his hair for the god (who is himself in the story) . I search here for post about that and see that people keep doing that (sometime) because that can show the feminine side of a people (feminity that is show in Dionysos sometime) or because it show the wildness of nature , the true natural self . So I see that practice/devotion (if i can call that a practice or a devotion) as something that serve to show the wild side of ourself , let the hair be and exist .

I really like that type of idea but i have a question . My hair is very thin and i have many hair so when my hair was long before if i didnt tie them in braid or other hairstyle , they very fast going to tangle and make knot that most of the time is a hell to undo (i cut them also for that) . But i ask myself is that rest a good idea because for me tying them all the time represent a form of unwildness , like tamed the nature . And on the other hand , if i let my hair be they going to sometime break because of the brushing that i do to them to keep them to becoming a big knot and that cause to "break" the nature .

I know that most of the people going to tell me that everybody is free to do as they please (many other post about that say so) but i very like that idea and i wanted answer to all of that , learn point of view about all that .

Thank you so much for reading me (i know that with my english that not the most peacefull thing) and i you want to give me your point of view i be more than happy to read it and maybe understanding better for my practice .

Have you all a good day/night , may the joy come to you in life .

UPDATE : thank you all for your advice for taking care of my hair , i appreciate all of your comment ! But i would like to have advice also on your opinion about brushing my hair and the "tammed" that can induce that could be opposite of letting the nature like many of people talk about with Dionysus :/ (i hope its clear enough)

I saw that some of you dionysians have statues of the god. And I really want to buy one, but I'm not sure about the quality and detail of some of the statues, some of the offers online doesn't even said the height of the product! So I'm seeking for advice on which statue do you have and if it's worthy. Thank you :)

Oh, so wine isn’t important, huh? Tell that to Dionysus, the god of ecstatic joy who made wine a sacred ritual! Some people just don’t understand that a good glass of wine can solve everything - problems, bad days, existential dread. But sure, let’s drink water instead... 😜 Bacchic Blessings, fellow wine warriors! 🍇🍷

I too want giant kitty cuddles

Some time ago I found r/GodZagreus, a sub dedicated to this aspect of Dionysus (in some myths). I wrote a novel about Zagreus, so I asked the only mod in the group if I could promote it there. They said sure, but instead of just giving me access to post, they made ME a mod, and a couple of weeks back, I found out they deleted their account.

So now I'm the only mod in Zagreus' subreddit. I know if I leave it, it'll be deleted, and I don't want that, but I never wanted to be a mod. I don't know how to do it at all. I kind of having been ignoring it because nobody goes there anyways, it's pretty much dead, but I love Zagreus and I want people to visit the subreddit and make a nice little community there, like here in r/Dionysus, but I don't have the time in my life to moderate it.

So, is there anyone here with experience interested in being r/GodZagreus' mod? Maybe even some of this subreddit's mods could take over? Just let me know, please.

Thank you!

P.S.: Thank you, semantic satiation, the word "mod" has lost all meaning.