#dionysus devotion

Dionysus Melanaigis (Μελάναιγις); Morychus (Μόρυχος), and Anthroporraistes (Ἀνθρωπορραίστης) are great epithets to use with shadow work. The epithet Anthroporraistes (Ἀνθρωπορραίστης) can be used for justice workings

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Homeric Hymn 26 to Dionysos

Evelyn‑White Translation (Loeb, 1914)

To Dionysus

I begin to sing of ivy‑crowned Dionysus, the loud‑crying god,

the glorious son of Zeus and renowned Semele.

The rich‑haired nymphs received him in their bosoms from the lord his father,

and fostered him carefully in the glens of Nysa,

and he grew up among the fragrant odours of the earth,

a much‑desired god.

But when the goddesses had brought him up, a god delighting in the dance,

he went to the holy mountain of the gods,

to the house of his father, and all the immortals rejoiced.

And they honored him, and Zeus, the son of Cronos,

set him upon his throne, and he is called the god of the vine.

Hail, child of fair‑faced Semele! He who forgets you

can never gather sweet song into his heart.

Rayor Translation (2014, 2nd ed.)

To Dionysos

I begin to sing of ivy‑covered Dionysos, loud‑roaring,

glorious child of Zeus and Semele of the beautiful hair.

The rich‑haired Nymphs received him from the lord father

into their laps, and then raised him carefully in the mountain valleys.

He grew, beloved by the blessed gods, where the mountain

goddesses nurtured him, a god delighting in the dance.

When they saw him, all the immortals rejoiced in their hearts,

and Kronos’ son Zeus sat him on his throne;

he watches over the divine, glowing with a fiery ray.

And they call him the famous, noisy, and seductive,

the joy‑bringer, the one who loves to dance,

and the beautiful child who dispels the cares of mortals.

Hail, child of fair‑faced Semele! No one can forget you

and still gather sweet song into his heart.

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To Dionysos worshippers, what songs do you associate Him with?

I listen to ‘Pirates of the Mediterranean’ by Fraya Faraji.

I associate the song to Dionysos and the Pirates from the 7th Homeric Hymn to Dionysos in which He is captured by Pirates and brought to Sea which holds His captures by ransom in his hidden divine form.

Latin:

Mare, mare, Amāre tē, est mors certa […] Amāre mare’st amor, Mōrōsus, Quod amor marium amārum est […] Quamquam mundus est lutārius

English:

Sea, sea, Loving you is certain death […] Loving the sea is capricious love, For the love of the sea is bitter, […] Storms and tempests, Spoils and plunder.

Greco-Kemetic Resources:

⚪ Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson

⚪ Ancient Greek Religion by Jon D. Mikalson

⚪ Greek Religion by Walter Burkert

⚪ Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship by Christos Pandion Panopoulos and Vasilios Cheiron Tsantilas:

⚪ Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored by Sarah Kate Istra Winter

⚪ The Orphic & Homeric Hymns

⚪ Greek Magical Papyri (AKA PGM: A Greco-Egyptian spell book)

⚪ Iliad / Odyssey by Homer

⚪ The Works and Days / Theogony by Hesiod

Dionysian Books:

⚪ Eleuthereus: Towards a Theology of Dionysian Liberation by Fabian MacKenzie

⚪ Dionysos: Exciter to Frenzy by Vikki Bramshaw

⚪ Liber Dionysi by Fabian MacKenzie

⚪ The God of ecstasy: Sex-roles and the madness of Dionysos by Arthur Evans

⚪ God Who Comes, Dionysian Mysteries Reclaimed: Ancient Rituals, Cultural Conflicts, and Their Impact on Modern Religious Practices by Rosemarie Taylor-Perry

⚪ Written In Wine: A Devotional Anthology For Dionysos by Bibliotheca Alexandrina

⚪ Dionysos by Richard Seaford

⚪ Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life by Carl Kerényi

⚪ Dionysus: Myth and cult by Walter Otto

⚪ Dionysiaca by Nonnus

⚪ The Bacchae by Euripides

⚪ Theoi .com

Isiac Books:

⚪ Isis Magic: Cultivating a Relationship with the Goddess of 10,000 Names by M. Isidora Forrest

⚪ Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome by Lesley Jackson

⚪ The Mysteries of Isis: Her Worship and Magick by de Traci Regula

⚪ Isis in the Ancient World by R.E. Witt

⚪ The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses) by Apuleius

⚪ The Burden of Isis (James Teackle Dennis translation, 1910)

⚪ Praising the Goddess by Holger Kokkelmann (2008)

⚪ Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas by Laurent Bricault

⚪ Connecting the Isiac Cults: Forming Social Bonds in a Multicultural Empire by Lindsey A. Mazurek

⚪ Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Presence of Nubian Worshippers at Philae by Solange Ashby

⚪ Isis of Egypt: Goddess of Thrones by a female author. A contemporary feminist retelling exploring Isis's legacy as a symbol of resilience and power.

⚪ Invoke the Goddess: Connecting to the Hindu, Greek & Egyptian Deities by Kala Trobe (2022).

⚪ Offering to Isis: Knowing the Goddess Through Her Sacred Symbols by M. Isidora Forrest.

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