Setting Dionysus upon a perverted parody of the Last Supper was an intentional sign.
But of what?
Dionysus and Jesus represent two spiritual movements at war in the world.
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But of what?
Dionysus and Jesus represent two spiritual movements at war in the world.
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First, who is Dionysus?
It is important to know that he, a man, was born of a man. He was born from the thigh of Zeus.
He's often presented a male with female qualities.
And he brings a madness that makes women as like men, and men act like women. 🧵⬇️
It is important to know that he, a man, was born of a man. He was born from the thigh of Zeus.
He's often presented a male with female qualities.
And he brings a madness that makes women as like men, and men act like women. 🧵⬇️
Second, he's not who you think he is.
He's not a jovial wine god of happy-go-lucky hedonism.
That is a mask. A lure.
Underneath he's a cruel, licentious god that brings a madness of a bestial release in sex and violence.
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He's not a jovial wine god of happy-go-lucky hedonism.
That is a mask. A lure.
Underneath he's a cruel, licentious god that brings a madness of a bestial release in sex and violence.
⬇️🧵
Third, you must understand the Bacchae.
The Bacchae are his female followers, his women driven mad, who abandon their children and husbands to run wild in the woods - nursing wild animals and then eating them, having orgies, tearing apart animals alive and eating them raw. 🧵⬇️
The Bacchae are his female followers, his women driven mad, who abandon their children and husbands to run wild in the woods - nursing wild animals and then eating them, having orgies, tearing apart animals alive and eating them raw. 🧵⬇️
Fourth, you must understand he parallels Jesus Christ.
For example:
1. He's conceived by a mortal woman but is fully god
2. He has his own list of beatitudes
3. You eat his sacrifices to become one with his body
4. He's not accepted in his home town
Etc. 🧵⬇️
For example:
1. He's conceived by a mortal woman but is fully god
2. He has his own list of beatitudes
3. You eat his sacrifices to become one with his body
4. He's not accepted in his home town
Etc. 🧵⬇️
Fifth, his cult brings civilizational ruin.
Dionysus' cult perverts natural relationships (husband and wife, mother and child, etc.), destroys families, and destabilizes politics.
He's not worshipped in the city by reason.
He's worshipped in the wilds by mania. 🧵⬇️
Dionysus' cult perverts natural relationships (husband and wife, mother and child, etc.), destroys families, and destabilizes politics.
He's not worshipped in the city by reason.
He's worshipped in the wilds by mania. 🧵⬇️
Sixth, his cult offers a path to the divine via bestial release.
His followers are called to ascend the mountain, to become one with him, through an eroticism demonstrated in acts of sex and violence that transgress all natural bonds. It blurs genders and all relations. 🧵⬇️
His followers are called to ascend the mountain, to become one with him, through an eroticism demonstrated in acts of sex and violence that transgress all natural bonds. It blurs genders and all relations. 🧵⬇️
Seventh, Plato rescues eros from Dionysius.
In his Symposium, Plato presents eros not as a descent into bestial release but rather an ascent of the soul toward beauty and the divine.
Dionysus is false path to divinity.
The truth path is the ladder of love.
In his Symposium, Plato presents eros not as a descent into bestial release but rather an ascent of the soul toward beauty and the divine.
Dionysus is false path to divinity.
The truth path is the ladder of love.
Eighth, Plato's ladder of love was adopted into Christianity.
The soul pursues Beauty-itself, God, and becomes beautiful via virtue.
The ascent of the soul toward Beauty-itself brings order, peace, charity, and Christian civilization. It strengthens the family and state. 🧵⬇️
The soul pursues Beauty-itself, God, and becomes beautiful via virtue.
The ascent of the soul toward Beauty-itself brings order, peace, charity, and Christian civilization. It strengthens the family and state. 🧵⬇️
Ninth, it is Christ, the Divine Mind, who calls us up the ladder of love.
Christ's call of holiness is a call for the soul to ascend into beauty. Our eros, our natural love, is a desire to satiate in beauty and be happy - and that happiness is ultimately found in God. ⬇️🧵
Christ's call of holiness is a call for the soul to ascend into beauty. Our eros, our natural love, is a desire to satiate in beauty and be happy - and that happiness is ultimately found in God. ⬇️🧵
Tenth, thus our natural love (eros) has two paths:
A Dionysian erotics of a descent into bestial release, perversion, and civilizational ruin.
or
A Christian erotics of an ascent into beauty, in harmony with reason, that brings beauty, order, and peace.
A Dionysian erotics of a descent into bestial release, perversion, and civilizational ruin.
or
A Christian erotics of an ascent into beauty, in harmony with reason, that brings beauty, order, and peace.
Eleventh, the modern world has chosen Dionysus.
Once you understand the character of Dionysus and his Bacchae, you see them everywhere.
A religious celebration of perversion that dissolves all natural bonds.
THIS IS THE FEAST TO WHICH THEY INVITE YOU.
Reject it. ⬇️🧵
Once you understand the character of Dionysus and his Bacchae, you see them everywhere.
A religious celebration of perversion that dissolves all natural bonds.
THIS IS THE FEAST TO WHICH THEY INVITE YOU.
Reject it. ⬇️🧵
Twelfth, like fire, your soul desires to ascend.
Reject the downward path of bestial release and hedonism.
Embrace the upward climb toward God, the Divine Beauty-itself. Become beautiful by pursuing Beauty.
Bring order to all around you.
Jesus loves you. Ascend.
Reject the downward path of bestial release and hedonism.
Embrace the upward climb toward God, the Divine Beauty-itself. Become beautiful by pursuing Beauty.
Bring order to all around you.
Jesus loves you. Ascend.
PS - if you're unfamiliar with eros and the Christian tradition, I would suggest this article: thejosias.com/2023/08/28/on-…
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