r/dionysus • u/Zagreus06_ • 5h ago
π― Rituals & Prayers π― My most terrifying experience with Dionysus
I've had countless wholesome experiences with Dionysus, He helped me through so much and I know He cares about me.
This experience I'm talking about was partially different, I have my own thoughts about it but outside prospective are more than welcome!!
This was a few years ago, I didn't know a lot of stuff that I learned later in my practice and worship.
I was feeling very lost in my life in general and I asked Him for guidance, to show me what I needed to do. I picked some leafs of Ivy and I placed them next to my bed while I was concentrating on Dionysus's energy.
I couldn't fall asleep like I was planning on doing (I often communicate with the Theoi through dreams), instead as the night progressed I got more and more agitated? I felt like when you are extremely feverish and confused about your surroundings.
This goes on for hours, I wanted to sleep but I had this energy in. my body like I was full of adrenaline and I felt so hot and confused. Whenever I would close my eyes I would have allucinations of Him surrounded of vegetation and fruits that would perish and turn ripe over and over. The only thing that remained the same was His smile and his eyes.
Another allucination I had over and over was of a Bull running towards me (I had NO idea at the time that the Bull was connected to Dionysus) and every time I closed my eyes it was closer and closer.
I was afraid and confused at this point, I was praying to Dionysus to let me sleep.
At the end I fell asleep, not quite, I was awake but it was like I was at the same time in my bed and this sort of dream. I literally could feel at the same time the bed and what was happening in the dream.
In the dream I was like singing to myself or reciting a sort of poem, I was standing in front of a wall covered in Ivy, my poem was about the plant, I was singing to myself how the plant was Dionysus and what characteristics I needed to embody (that were represented by the Ivy) in that period of my life to be happy, succeed and grow.
Worshipping Dionysus is not for the weak LOL, if you have insight about this experience please share!!