O Holy Dionysus

Of the ivy and the vine

I ask for your presence

I ask for your blessings

Lord of ecstatic revelation

Lord of the altered mind

Show me the world as it truly is

Allow me to see the truth

For in your presence I will dance

Wild and abandoning reason

And for the world I ask a boon

Show them the hurt they cause

Let them feel it too

For in feeling lies compassion

Show them too the lies they tell

To others and to themselves

That they may learn to live truthfully

And allow others to do the same

Lord of the vine and the ivy

Stand with us today

Walk, perhaps crookedly, along this path with us

Lord of introspection

Grant us your gifts

Walk with us as we navigate life, O holy Dionysus

Art: Johann Wilhelm Schütze

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