Temple of Dionysus Newsletter - The Dandelion

Did you know The Temple of Dionysus is starting a newsletter? Would you like to contribute?

What:
We’d like to share short stories, news, and art, from our community with the community.
We’re looking for 3-4 news pieces, and 3-7 mini-blogs including but not limited to:
opinions pieces, poetry, recommendations for Dionysian media, as well as short stories and myths.

Submissions should be no longer than 750 words.

We’d also like to feature art and comics, as well as fake ads.

When:
We are planning the first issue to be ready for publication in October, then every other month afterward.
We’d like submissions for the first issue submitted by September 1st, 2025.

How to Submit:
Please use the subject line: “NEWSLETTER”.
Please include a heading, summary, word count and how you’d like to be credited for your work.
Text based submissions should be attached as a pfd or written in the body of the email.

October’s Theme is:
Don’t panic, Organize.

Where:
Submissions should be sent to:
dionysus@templeofdionysus.org

If you want to be added to the mailing list, please sign up for our Patreon at the free tier.

Please keep in mind all of this is being done by volunteers.

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✧Welcome to the Temple of Dionysus! We are a nonprofit member organization of TOLIS, federally recognized across all 50 states and based out of the southern New England area of the US. We are dedicated to honoring the ancient Hellenic God Dionysus. Our mission is to create a sanctuary where individuals can connect with the divine, explore their passions, and embrace the madness of the chaotic power of creativity, community, and expressive freedom to "Know Thyself."

.•`°🐱★°Sneak peak into Server°★🐱°`• .
☘️ Official Discord server of the https://www.templeofdionysus.org/
🌿 Free resources, knowledgeable members on Hellenism, official temple services such as Mutual Aid, and more!
🍷 Volunteer Team where you can join and show off your skills to support the Temple and the Community!
🐆 Many awesome categories to participate in, like the Temple Agora, Crafter's Circle, and regional text channels!
🎭 Mount Pernasus: A Space to share your Music, Art, Poetry and more!
🍇 Daily Delphic Maxims with interesting questions!
🌌 Divination Services, with member volunteers, staff approved diviners and oracular services.
🎭 Really exciting events planned (We do march in Pride Parades!) from our events team to bring in the joy and fun within the Community!
🪔 Religious Spaces to show your Altar, write prayers, ask for help, and even Rituals!
🏳️‍🌈 We are an all inclusive community, operated by LGBTQ+ people as well as autism and ADHD friendly! All paths and curiosities welcome!

We strongly believe in the safe space of Xenia & Hospitality. We are dedicated to creating worship experiences and resources for individuals in a diverse and inclusive community based on Greek mythology that fosters beautiful community submitted masterpieces that encourages our PATH:

The Power of Purpose
Alliance of Art
Theatre, Transgression, and Transformation
Healing and Hope

♡ We also have a Volunteer Team with different categories to help not only the Temple, but also our Members. Interested? Then come join us, take a look around, and make yourself comfortable! We can't wait to meet you! ♡

https://discord.gg/Dionysus

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Looking for Answers?

The next oracular day is Wednesday, July 3rd. If you have a question for our Pythia, please send it in by the evening of July 2nd to ensure it’s considered.

Questions are answered in the order they are received. As always, the Gods decide the timing. If the omens are not favorable, your question will be held and answered on the following month’s oracular day.

🔮 This service is free to all.

Donations and offerings are deeply appreciated, as we are a small religious nonprofit and rely entirely upon the support and generosity of the community to continue operating.

To submit your question or learn more, visit:

https://www.templeofdionysus.org/oracle

To follow our lunar calendar, including oracular days and sacred festivals:

🌙 https://www.templeofdionysus.org/google-calendar

In divine service,

Alyx the Amused

The Pythia of Providence

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Save the date!

The Temple of Dionysus will be marching in the North Shore Pride Parade on June 28th.

https://northshorepride.org

Information on how to RSVP to march with us will be provided soon.

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How Not To Worship
by Alyx the Amused

There are countless guides available for how to worship the Greek Gods and it is not my intention here to reinvent the wheel.

The truth is that while I often claim that there is no wrong way to worship* - there is in fact one major trap that I see folks fall into.

Worship should bring you joy and if it feels like a chore, you should try something else.
Many of us are taught from an early age that prayer should be a silent and solemn act. We are told to sit still and listen. We are told to obey without question. These ideals, while common place in our modern society, are not Hellenic. We are supposed to question the world around us, we are supposed to question ourselves. This is the nature of philosophy, of science, and of art. To ask questions and to pursue truth.

Worship should be ecstatic, liberating, incredible. Worship should fill you with joy and a sense of purpose. To worship is to be human. Worship is an art form and it is not easily relegated to straight lines or whispered regrets. If you’re not here yet, that’s alright. Everyone walks their own path, in their own way, in their own time.

The Gods accept you as you are. The Gods accept you where you are.

The Gods ask us to be our very best selves; they do not ask us to be anyone else.

Worship is ultimately, for us, more than it is for the Gods. Even burnt offerings were largely meant to be shared in a communal feast. Worship is supposed to bring us together, not push us apart.

So worship in the ways that work for you. Dance or sing or write poetry. Stare up at the stars in wonder and go bird watching on a mountain. Do whatever it is that inspires your soul to light up from within*. Breathe. Live. Cry. Be human.

The Gods want us to freely express ourselves* and to find joy in the moment. If an offering or prayer makes you feel burdened or overwhelmed, it is not the right offering or it is not the right setting.

The joy of being human is that we have free will and when we choose of our own free will to spend our precious time, our limited energy, our finite resources on community and connection (Xenia always), we please the Gods. By and large, the Gods are not interested in coercing payments out of desperation. They are Gods, not mafia bosses.

Just be yourself. You are enough, my friend.

There’s a common misconception that happy people do not pray as well as unhappy or desperate people. This idea lends itself to the notion that the Gods have a vested interest in keeping people desperate and sorrowful. The core of that point would be then that the Gods are worried that we will abandon our altars and our shrines if we do not need them. It is not our Gods who bear that insecurity, but another God who I will leave unnamed. Finding freedom in happiness does mean that we are free to leave our Gods behind us, and it is only then that we are capable of consenting to worship. The Gods want us to choose them, not be forced or compelled to their worship under fears or threats.

The state of politics is right now is designed to overwhelm and divide us. It’s designed to make us dependent on weak people who can find no better way of protecting themselves against the dangers of critical thinking, of questions, and of joy. The best way to thwart those who wish us misery is to find our joy. Dionysus’ worship has been outlawed countless times by weak people seeking to control with fear and hatred. Dionysians have survived this before and Dionysians will survive this again.

Why would such great lengths be taken to outlaw the God of Ecstasy if Ecstasy was not truly powerful?

The truth is that happy people are not easily controlled. Happy people are not easily manipulated. Happy people are not lead to hatred through anger or violence through fear.

Our Gods want the sounds of joyous laughter at their altars, not the sounds of broken-hearted wailing. Our Gods are not so insecure that they need us in a constant struggle for safety and survival. Our Gods do not need to be feared.

If another unnamed religion finds more worship when people are out of options and desperate, well- that’s their problem, not ours. Ours is a faith built on community, freedom, and joy.

We know that you have your choice in Patron Deity and we thank you for flying Air Hermes ;)

*harm none.

- Alyx the Amused, Temple of Dionysus Director

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Thank you for supporting this project and helping us share Hellenic traditions with the world. Your support keeps our nonprofit mission alive. Here’s to a beautiful and meaningful 2025!

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Wood burned my #Ares tribal boarhead shield design into wood. Dunno why I didn't realize this was a thing, but I love it.

#hellenicpolythesim #pagan #art #woodburning #tribalart #boar #shield #greekgods #helpol #hellenism

From Naós of Dionysus Eleuthereus on FB.

May #Dionysus and the #Hellenic #Gods bless all of us parents working so hard to care for our families. Parents are heroes in their own right.

"Today is working parents day! Here is Dionysus and Icarius, a hard working farmer who also loved his daughter. Shout out to those who pull double duty, earning an income and raising children (which itself is more than a full time job!)"

#helpol #Icarius #Greekgods #hellenicpolytheism #pagan #WorkingParentsDay

From Naós of Dionysus Eleuthereus
Author: Fabian Mackenzie
"☤☿🧿☿☤ Announcing: the Liber Hermae: The Book of Hermes ☤☿🧿☿☤

Containing his myths, his prayers, and poetry and essays in his honour! Who he is, why he is worshipped, and how he helps us to live in this world!

☤☿🧿☿☤"

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DFXYZK1Y?storeType=ebooks&qid=1726236566&sr=8-1

Be sure to check out his other two books like this one on #Dionysus and #Semele!

#helpol #hermes #FabianMackenzie #hellenicpolytheism #hellenicauthors #books #devotionalbooks #greekgods #mercury

Welcome to the Temple of Dionysus!
Where Art inspires Compassion,
And Compassion inspires Change.

Connecting Hellenists together since 2012!
https://www.templeofdionysus.org/

Embrace the Madness.

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We want to help you ask the best questions possible, so you receive the most insightful and helpful answers. The Oracle is eager to guide you, but the quality of the response depends on the quality of the question.
So before you submit your question, take a moment to reflect on POSITIVE and ensure your question is crafted with care. The better the question, the better the guidance.

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May Hypnos protect you and your dreams while you sleep.

@khthoniaa #helpol #hellenicpolytheism #Hypnos #greekgods