Dionysus: God of Wine, Ecstasy and Fertility - An Online Exploration

You are welcome to join me for another fascinating online tour this time exploring the intriguing story and historic-religious significance of the ancient deity Dionysus.
Intimately connected with ancient social alcohol constructs and senses of stepping outside of oneself (the meaning of 'ecstasy') and the everyday reality, the semi-divine Dionysus and the rites associated with him have had huge impacts on human culture and our general spiritual and social conscience.
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[@nikiforealadobri9531]

You are hidden gem of youtube

[@BitterDawn]

I really enjoyed this video man, most of it I listened to as I drew and drank wine but, I did appreciate the talking of various paintings and imagery. Well put together and articulated.

[@shardshatter]

Amazing, love your narration. Best clip of Dionysus I found on youtube. Please make more mythology/history videos.

[@stevebarber8501]

Thank you very much. Very fascinating and informative.

[@furiosaningveryserious7104]

Thank you so much for this lecture. It’s so informative and comprehensive. Really appreciate your effort

[@forsminer5410]

Hi Edward! Fellow XJW here. Enjoyed the video. I have been rather obsessed with Dionysos over the past 5 years, curious whether you have found a similar interest in this intriguing divine figure. Have you read/studied the Bakkhai/Bacchae? When I did, I was amazed at the similarities both in plot and in theme, with both the figures of Moses at Thebes confronting Pharaoh who asks "Who is Yahweh?", as well as Jesus confronting Pontius (sounds a lot like Pentheus). Moses initially asking to let the people go out into the wilderness for three days for a celebration/Dionysus followers going out to the wilderness for the same. The scene in Exodus would have taken place at Thebes in Egypt, as well. The more I've delved into Dionysus, the more I'm starting to lean - with many of the ancients - into believing that Dionysus and Yahweh may have been one in the same. Fascinating stuff!

[@maileswales9174]

Thank you for your time and for sharing your comprehensive knowledge. It seems that the excess is browsing beneath the earth in current times

[@psychedelicsanonymous3104]

VERY WELL DONE, EDWARD.

[@sirinordby6268]

Thank you i love this

[@ZackAbusharif]

Dude best vid i heard

[@hashassassin830]

Yup. Really fantastic. Thanks

[@tanaraafar6258]

Thank you for this informative and wide-ranging video. I liked the complexity of the stories or and around Dionysos. I have just one suggestion: your selection of images was mostly well thought through and researched but I was left wondering what some of the images were. Is it possible to add a referenced list of images used? Title, artist and repository would be useful for future research.

[@user-ec1pq2kd8u]

Nice video

Excellent work, thank you!

[@uhoh007]

Excellent, thank you!

[@WASAMSYT]

Great video!

[@thelittlemans4283]

This was very helpful thanks for making this

[@Dino_Medici]

6:04 So much beauty I can’t even process this rn

[@artemis12061966]

Fine work sir!

[@gravity0529]

Dew and froth bubble and foam Rocks from thy sight, stones from thy hearts Forged by fire, a calm lotus A petal of a mighty oak tree

[@MichaelForde521]

Dionysian celebratory rituals survive in Caribbean carnivals. People dressed as demons and spirits dancing down the road ... "this carnival is bacchanal"....

[@skannerz22]

Dios=dionysus shortened I’m holy spirit in chrisrianity

[@the_golden_thread]

Pour one out for the homies.

[@christophersuzuki8992]

Ampelos was his first love, not his friend 😤