r/dionysus

Lord Luaios grant us rest

For other’s profit we’re toiling

The tyrants bind us hand and foot

Across the world, war making

Grant your thyrsus to crush Ares

Bind Lycorgus with the vine

May green blades resist the sword.

Bacchae be freely dancing. 

Hello guys, I would love to really smell like the vibe that Dionysus gives. Can y'all give me some perfume or so recommendations? Preferably something either androgynous or male (don't mind femme, just a preference), and maybe not like... 100 bucks costing. Dunno if this is a lot to ask for, tho, I have never really worn perfume.

O come o come lord Luaios
And rescue morals from greed and want 

Pour out your nectar of the vine 
Give comfort to both the sole and mind

Bacchos! Bacchos! Defend humankind.
With Thyrsus strike the hands that bind!

I've started to notice that after I give offerings to Dionysus, I get a strong urge to dance and literally just start dancing?? Like this doesn't happen every time I give an offering (though happening more recently), but when it does, it's like an insane urge to dance, even without music, I'd start singing broken lyrics. I'm not even a dance-y type person.

Like this morning, I offered him moon water and kababayan (soft and dense sweet bread) and literally just started dancing. And the night before, I offered cinnamon incense and had to resist the urge to dance to finish the fig incense holder I was making HIM.

It's like the feeling of restlessness where you know your body is supposed to be doing something, your feet tingles wanting to be pressed on the ground, but somehow your heart is so light?

This is so strange. This doesn't happen always, I've only started worship less than a month ago. What could this mean?

I'm quite new to this and not exactly a worshiper yet, but I've felt a pull to Dionysus for a while now, and along with specific signs piling up, it's getting hard to ignore.

I wanted to know if false ivy/plants that resemble ivy count as well or does it specifically have to be from the genus? If so, is there any preference to particular species? The reason I've been wondering this is because I was out in my garden, trying to remember if anyone I knew owned ivy or if any stores sold them here when I got spooked by a plant that looked suspiciously similar to one lying right by my foot. I genuinely thought it was a weirdly pointed sign before I realised it wasn't actually ivy, but a plant called ivy gourd, they just happened to look really similar. So what I'm trying to ask is if does cultivating ivy gourds count? And if i should look into any other plants (other than grapes) if I fail to find actual ivy?

Also sorry for the shit English, it's my third language lmao and I didn't want to beat around the bush by putting it at the beginning of the post