Bachcus Plaque by Oberon Zell

Bachcus Plaque by Oberon Zell. From Triere in Germany comes this mask of the Roman God of Wine. Cast from a mold for the sacred honey cakes in His yearly festival. 6 inch plaque of polyresin with burgundy wash and green.

Bacchus - Spirit of the Vine
Bacchus was the Roman name given to the God of Wine and Ecstasy, whom the Greeks knew as Dionysus. He was a latecomer to the Olympic Pantheon and is most often said to be the son of Zeus by the mortal woman Semele. Semele appealed to Zeus to reveal Himself to her in His true form and she was burned up by the glory of His thunder and lightning.

Zeus took the child into his own body, later giving birth to him through his thigh. This is a later account, however, for Dionysos was one of the old, wild agricultural Gods of Thrace and Phrygia. His mother, Semele, is associated with the Phrygian Earth Goddess Zemelo.

Though He is credited with discovering grapes and the art of wine making, Dionysus was the God of more than Wine. He is the god of the wilds not the wilds of visible nature where Artemis reigns, but the wilds that extend so far and smile so deep in the secret regions of the human personality. Within the heart of the worship of Dionysus lies the recognition of humanity's need for occasional release from the bonds of custom and respectability. He represents a permanent human force; and yet a force that every age and culture seeks, if not to suppress, to channel and contain. This urge to "let oneself go" is no bad thing, so long as we are aware of it; but to resist and deny Dionysus and the wild side is to reject joy and often such a rejection incurs sad consequences. So many of the stories of Dionysus are about how various people denied his Godhood and met an unhappy Fate.

This image comes from Triere, in the Moselle wine country of Germany, where annual festivals blessing the grape crop have been held since ancient times. This replica is cast from a mold used for making the sacred honeycakes in the festival. The original piece is over 2,000 years old.

Use Bachcus Plaque by Oberon Zell to represent the God in your ritual space.

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