γνῶθι σεαυτόν

an oracle for mankind. dionysus lives here.

[madnessofchaos]

I might have accidentally called Dionysus “daddy”… can’t tell if he’s bothered or not :/

[kwakwakwa1]

[lonelyspelltoconjureyou]

“Like wine, Dionysus is double: most terrible yet infinitely sweet. His presence, which is a bewildering intrusion of otherness into the human world, may take two forms, be manifested in two different ways. On the one hand it may bring blessed union with the god, in the heart of nature, with every constraint lifted - an escape from the limitations of the everyday world and oneself. That is the experience extolled in the parodos: purity, holiness, joy, sweet felicity. On the other hand, it may precipitate one into chaos in the confusion of a bloodthirsty, murderous madness in which the ‘same’ and the ‘other’ merge and one mistakes one’s nearest and dearest, one’s own child, one’s second self for a wild beast that one tears apart with one’s bare hands: ghastly impurity, inexpiable crime, misfortune without end, without relief.”

Jean-Pierre Vernant (via lonelyspelltoconjureyou)

[daniellajasmine]

[templechasm-blog]

prayed to dionysus and he did me a good turn and so now i want to shower him in offerings. other than the obvious (wine etc), what can i give him? something really special preferably? 

[withthetheoiistheplacetobeoi]

Grapes, pinecones, animal print stuff, big cat stuff, stuff with horns, queer stuff, literally any kind of sparkly trinket, purple stuff, drugs, energy drink, etc…

[templechasm-blog]

thank you for your suggestions! i appreciate them so much

[won-der-land89]

[thoodleoo]

just girly things

teasing your friends about the boys they like

finding your perfect lipstick color

gathering for a bacchic ritual in the woods and tearing men apart limb from limb when they try to sneak into your frenzied rites

spa days with your bestie

[argonauticae]

THE STRANGER He saw me, and I saw, and was ordained. No god so dreadful, none so sweet as he.

[argonauticae]

- The Bacchae, Euripides (trans. Margaret Kinmont Tennant)

[littlehellenicthings]

my gods aren’t straight

[templechasm-blog]

prayed to dionysus and he did me a good turn and so now i want to shower him in offerings. other than the obvious (wine etc), what can i give him? something really special preferably? 

[yebbi-gongju]

transparent

[diptong]

Glimpse of Love & Honey by Brian Vu

[ponytabonita]

Loud, Raging Dionysos

Dionysos the Man-Slayer

Dionysos the Savior

Let racists, bigots, Nazis, and white supremacists be torn to pieces.

Let their blood run in the streets.

Let those who would defend them and act as apologists see the shame of their action, and let them see the horror and the stain of the acts of those who they would protect.

Let hate-mongering, poisonous Nazis be destroyed as a symbol that we oppressed will be no longer oppressed.

[bits--andbobs]

The Theatre of Dionysus, used for festivals in honor of the god Dionysus. 

[yellingintothelegalvoid]

Some notes on Charlottesville

I needed some time to think and process how I was going to address the attack in Charlottesville. But here it is. This was domestic terrorism. Neo-Nazis, Klansmen, and facists flooded the streets of UVA, a school built by slaves, and shouted “Heil Trump,” while flying Nazi or Confederate flags, and carrying torches. A Nazi drove into a crowd of people protesting Nazis, killing 1, and injuring many more.

Nazis show no regard for human life. They want to kill Jewish people, POC, and lgbtq+ people. To them, the only people worth saving are cisgendered heterosexual, white people. Their very ideologies are rooted in anti-Semitism, antziganism, homophobia, and racism.

Do NOT call them “alt-right.” Call them what they are. They are Nazis. Don’t forget that.

And one more thing. Don’t forget that Nazism is based in antisemitism and racism. Boost the voices of Jewish people and POC. Don’t forget that they’ve been fighting against this for years.

If you want to fight against Nazism, check out @antifainternational. The blog has a lot of resources about how to fight back against Nazis.

[thelovejournals]

I am fragile and unholy. Open. Ravage. Eat.

Tanaka Mhishi, Literary Sexts II (via thelovejournals)

[templechasm-blog]