He was the god in the Midas Touch, who gave and later revoked the golden touch. If you look at his speeches, he advocates freedom and individuality above all else, it is up to you to learn to master yourself.
I love Caravaggio’s "Bacchus". He doesn’t just depict the god as the lively and chaotic figure we might expect. Instead, he shows us a youthful, somewhat androgynous Dionysus, almost sickly, with flushed cheeks. It reflects the ambiguity of indulgence—the fine line between pleasure and decay. Great article!
Dionysius, in my opinion, is the most enigmatic person/myth of all time. It's next to impossible not to have read about him for any historian, as he is mentionwd in many ancient stories and cultures.
Even the story of Christmas and the Christmas tree and gifts has been originally linked to him. Not sure who first wrote that. But one thing for sure, he was known in theater, and mystery religions/cult initiations. Like the wine he was associated with, we can forget our worries for a moment and get caught up in the rapture like in theater when we forget ourselves in the characters of the play. Perhaps alluding to being the vine, not the grapes as to that of Atman.
He was the god in the Midas Touch, who gave and later revoked the golden touch. If you look at his speeches, he advocates freedom and individuality above all else, it is up to you to learn to master yourself.
I love Caravaggio’s "Bacchus". He doesn’t just depict the god as the lively and chaotic figure we might expect. Instead, he shows us a youthful, somewhat androgynous Dionysus, almost sickly, with flushed cheeks. It reflects the ambiguity of indulgence—the fine line between pleasure and decay. Great article!
It is one of my favorites as well... I also like the theme of him going to India which you can see on Sarcophagi.
Dionysius, in my opinion, is the most enigmatic person/myth of all time. It's next to impossible not to have read about him for any historian, as he is mentionwd in many ancient stories and cultures.
Even the story of Christmas and the Christmas tree and gifts has been originally linked to him. Not sure who first wrote that. But one thing for sure, he was known in theater, and mystery religions/cult initiations. Like the wine he was associated with, we can forget our worries for a moment and get caught up in the rapture like in theater when we forget ourselves in the characters of the play. Perhaps alluding to being the vine, not the grapes as to that of Atman.
My favourite god, full of mischief but not taking themselves too seriously and for those encountering him the term’caveat emptor’ was invented!
you might enjoy this.https://artemisforestfairy.substack.com/p/107-dionysus-and-apollo