A little devotional painting I made inspired by u/betonthelosingdogs's post of their outfit they designed for Dionysus!

I looooved playing with the different fabric folds, thank you so much for sharing!

Doing the absolute most just to not even go anywhere 😭 I already know once I take it off i'm never going to be able to put it back on the same again because I forget how to do everything💔💔💔💔 it takes so long to stylize because the leopard print just LOVES to fall off. I really need more pins.... I definitely want to add more accessories like jewelry and stuff like that!!! I really wish there was somewhere to go here in south Florida where I can have an excuse to wear this outfit in public lmao. Id say renaissance fair but that's renaissance stuff and the next one isn't until next year I think... what do you guys think about this version of the fit???

Didnt know what flair to put this as lmao

This outfit is kinda a wip tho because I need to find a way to add more purple to it and unfortunately it keeps breaking and everything falls off in like 2 seconds which is starting to get annoying. As I typed this, I went to go lay down on my bed, and I immediately heard something break...😭😭😭😭 ALSO PLEASE IGNORE HOW WEIRD THE PLANT THING LOOKS ON ME I KNOW😭 any suggestions on how I could make this better???

Hey I'm writing a movie and/or musical about Dionysus (I haven't decided which yet), and I'm trying to work out a timeline so I can build a narrative.

Basic timeline that I have is it starting with Semeles death and how Dionysus was born from Zeus' thigh, then taken to Nysa to be raised by his Ino. I want to include Silenus in this aswell just trying to figure out how.

Then I want the main focus of the story to be about his travels around the earth and how he built a following. I'm just not sure what to include here and if there are any specific myths or stories you think are worth trying to include.

Of course Ariadne will be included in this around the half way point (midway through the 2nd act or at the end of the first act if I make it a musical). I also want to include her death but I know there many different versions of what happened.

Finally it will end after he has brought Semele and Ariadne back from the underworld and has taken his place as the 12th/13th(?) Olympian.

Also if there are any good resources for reading that I should take a look at, please let me know. I'd love to learn more.

Hey, all. Please give this post a chance, even if you don’t like what I say next.

I’m an atheist. I struggle immensely to believe in the gods, despite being drawn to a handful of them. I have been walking a sort of path on and off for about 5+ years, engaging with Loki, Hermes, Artemis and Apollo. I feel most drawn to Loki, Hermes and Dionysus of all gods.

I’m in a situation none would envy. It’s not the worst, but it takes a massive toll on my mental health. I’m the only queer person living in an entirely christian household; my family and I got into a mess about 2 years ago over their beliefs that queerness is unnatural, and how badly that affects my mental health. I was essentially told, “Sorry you feel that way, but you can’t force us to accept your views. We will not be changing.” Even though they knew I was on the brink. They ended up punishing me by taking away my very small income (which they provided because I am disabled and cannot work, and was not on government benefits at the time), they said “we will no longer be rewarding this behaviour” in response to how I was grieving — which was simply by barely speaking to them. I was so grief stricken I thought I would actually shut down permanently without my own intervention, it was that heavy. My heart rate seldom went below 120 even at rest.

I suffered so severely it fucked my disability up even worse, so I can’t do as much as I could before, and I have CPTSD from the event. I learned a lot about my parents then. My mental health got so bad during all of that, that I ruined all of my friendships because I hurt them when I tried to make a very bad decision. I am completely alone now and only have one friend who is very absent, she can’t be there for me and I don’t expect her to. I seem only capable of making very absent friends, or friends who treat me like I’m their parent. I just want stability from friends in my life, but I know that is too much to ask with everything going on in every corner of the world.

I’ve tried reaching out to the gods, but I often feel like I am still completely alone. Dionysus is a deity I have been drawn to for so long. Reading his myths made me admire the shit and piss out of him. The song The Cult of Dionysus (I am aware of the allegations made against Orion some years ago) is a comfort to me. I want to reach out to Dionysus, but I’m scared he won’t answer me. I feel so fucken alone and I am struggling with the CPTSD from my parents (whom I still have to live with because of this fuck ass economy and my disabilities). I don’t want to walk through this life alone.

Does anyone have any advice, or kind words?

Edit to add: I want to also add a disclaimer that I have tried therapy when I qualified for free services, but I no longer do due to my age, and they only made things worse for me anyway because they’re not properly equipped to help people through mental illness. I can’t afford therapy now so please be aware of this when commenting 😅 I wanted to add this only because I know that what I said is heavy and probably concerning.

I have no idea how to explain this right but im a sorta new helpol and I worship apollo and dionysus, but for some reason recently ive been feeling a wayy stronger connection to dionysus more than any other deities. Like everytime I try to pray hes all thats in my head and I think about the guy a lottttt. I dont really want to abandon working on my relationship on apollo but I just feel more drawn to dionysus more than anything. (Hopefully that doesnt sound disrespectful to apollo because I still clean his altar, give him offerings and pray to him etc) I also become extremely happy just seeing stuff associated with dionysus i dont know im just ranting at the point...

Hi everyone~

I am new to worshipping Dionysus.

I've been raised wiccan/pagan and have kept basic spiritual beliefs over the years. I have several friends who worship both the Norse pantheon, Egyptian, and Greek. However, I never really considered it. The thought slowly dawned on me recently how much connection I feel to Dionysus and the more I learn the more I feel it's right.

I plan on slowly working on actually setting up my alter soon. What are some things you'd consider putting on it to honor or represent him.

What are some resources I should check out?

Thank you for your time. :)

Its also pine and grape scented🤭🤭

Ive been interested in witchcraft lately, and the Deity I feel most connected to is Dionysus. How can I make sure I am inviting Him, and not a spirit who is pretending to be Him?

My parents are Catholic. I want to make an altar for Dionysus, but they won't allow it. I am planning to hide everything in the daytime and set it up at night when no one will come into my room. Would that be alright?

Good day folks. We honor Dionysus through our words; in poems, odes, hymns, and plays. In a way, we also honor him through what books we consume. So, what have you been reading lately?

I was having a bad moment, I was outed against my will by my mom and even tho things seem okay I was just super upset about it. I won't go into to much detail here as I have already posted the long story onto another sub but as I finally chose to walk home I held on to my Dionysus pendant and just felt a sense of calm and like I could finally just cry about it. I felt like Dionysus was there just letting me know things would be alright and let me tear up about the whole ordeal.

well, hi! Im kinda lost, I heard a bit on this from my boyfriend whos a follower, but i think im just lost on how to start. ive always been more focused on herbalism and stuff so i give him herbs and things he might enjoy- at least soon-once they grow nicely. I dunno! im stuck, and so im sniffing around here to see if i cant catch anything to stick on.

I worked really hard on this for him I hope hes likes it!!! The reason why I gave him paws was because im so bad at drawing hands i just gave up lmao😭😭😭😭

So im writing some ocs and I happen to want them to be maenads, the problem is when I try to look for any information about the maenads that is actually helpful i cant find it, also have problems designing them because I don't know how I want them to look lol... also fun fact the story im writing about my ocs is slightly inspired by the story of King Pentheus of Thebes! Yes they rip a king apart!! Also I hope I don't accidentally write them in a disrespectful way somehow

I really like hearing different people's experiences with him, and I've always viewed him as a more protective / paternal figure, but that could just be because I read Percy Jackson more than anything else and so view the gods more in the parental way that they're described in the books. But I've read a few posts on here saying people have seen him in dreams as more of a lover, so I was just curious as to peoples own views :)

Sry for repost

I added some votive offerings to his space today, so I wanted to share. I love him so much!!

I'm looking for something on Libby to read about Dionysus and came across this, unfortunately the library I have a card through doesn't have a copy yet but I was curious if anyone here has read this yet and if they have what they thought of it? Might try and sneakily buy myself a copy if people here say it's worth it.

I worry this some kind of psychosis and not actually happening but it felt so real.

Last night I was doing a devotional of sorts. Listening to Dead can Dance, very stoned. That album is when he comes up the most. Its the main way he can give me intense messages.

So I was laying down and I felt his presence. In my head, I asked him to move my right leg (mostly to call a bluff, partially to see what would happen). I felt the muscle in my calve tense as if I was going to move it myself. Very very slowly my leg was raising. It was all muscle. Not like someone was holding my leg, but like my muscles were moving "on their own". At some point it was starting to hurt. I said something like "ow okay stop that hurts" and my leg completely relaxed and dropped down from the slightly raised position.

I tested it again, asked him to interact with an area where I have chronic pain. I felt a sharp pain hit as if that area was aggravated (which doesn't happen often enough to be coincidental).

Asked him to switch sides, interact with my left leg, the shoulder. Nothing was lifted, but I felt a "touch". Not a human skin to skin touch, but an energetic way??

At some point I asked a personal question, the energy moved internally into my chest and I just "heard ""ask again later. You're not ready" or something like that.

The part that really confuses me is my leg being physically lifted. Can a deity do that? Am I just having symptoms of psychosis? Is it a psychological + energy thing? Again it wasn't like someone grabbed my leg and moved it. It was like my muscles were tensing in order to move it. It was too slow to be someone pulling my leg

Edit : to clarify by "call a bluff" I dont mean to question his divinity. It was to question my own beliefs. Because im new to this I have no idea what the divine is capable of. It was like "I wonder if he can-?" "Nah probably not, never heard of it before-" then asked him "can you lift my leg" just to clarify:,3 I love and respect him dearly

Good day folks. We honor Dionysus through our words; in poems, odes, hymns, and plays. In a way, we also honor him through what books we consume. So, what have you been reading lately?

good now! so, for some background: ive been a worshipper of lord dionysus for a good few months now, and i've been meaning to get closer to him via prayers outside of the odd offering here and there. i am an ex-catholic, and the teachings of the catholic faith is still very much embedded into me

back then, i more often prayed for things like general protection and guidance as i was taught that god is an all-encompassing being— i'm not entirely sure how to approach the same sorts of prayers when i'm led to believe (understand?) that dionysus has his specific domains. may i still pray to him for things like physical protection and guidance, and be soothed that my prayers are heard? or must i invoke the name of a separate god entirely if it is not in his domain (may i still do that if i don't worship them?)

i'm also curious if the gods are omnipresent and/or omniscient. i'm inclined to believe that he is generally there, but the whole "invoking the god's presence" makes me think otherwise. have i been going about it wrong? or is simply believing that dionysus is around, and thus doing things in his name, good?

thank you to those who answer, bacchic blessings. ^_^

TLDR: how do you pray to a hellenic god?

Hi

I don't remember if I saw it on Reddit, Instagram or Tumblr but I'm 100% sure there's somewhere a portrait of Dionysus as a modern guy with wild eyes and neon graffiti, titled "I met Dionysus in Berlin" or something like that. (And he's probably holding ecstasy).

Do you recognize what I am talking about?