Bacchus

Who was Bacchus and why was he the most celebrated of the gods? Bacchus is the Greek name of the Roman god Dionysus the god of the vine the god of inspiration bestower of ecstasy and ecstatic liberation. What was sacred to Bacchus? The grape, ivy and rose were sacred to Bacchus. Why was Bacchus so popular? Bacchus the god of wine was worshiped with orgiastic ecstatic rites. Yes people still love a party excessive indulgence in activity emotion the pleasure palace of delight still entices as Bob Dylan said 'everybody must get stoned' reality escape ever popular "sacred drugs of society changing with cultures throughout cultures throughout history" What became of Bacchus in the later Hellenistic era? As Dionysus he was the most loved of the gods the greatest deity of the later Hellenistic world. Why? Because he supposedly taught men to escape the confines of their personalities in an age before Sigmund Freud. How? By yielding to the ecstasy of natural forces which permitted people to know the deepest mysteries of their gods. Ha. Sounds like another hallucinogenic drug trip orgy free sex festival like remembered 1960s hippy stereotypes. I shall harken back through more ancient pages of memorial time to Genesis book of Prophet Moses as revealed by the One True God Creator of Heaven and Earth who wrote the fabric of design through DNA laws of physics upon this his immense awesome universe everything is his creation. See also the poems ‘Latest Drugs On The Street' and ‘Dregs Have Flown'. Copyright © Terence George Craddock