We intend to dance for Dionysos, yes. It’s the right thing to do. You must be out of your mind to go to war with a god like this.

Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Carson Euripides Bakkhai intend to dance for Dionysos right thing must be out of your mind go to war with a god

Consider also:

  1. “For in penetrating to the higher mysteries he will see things which are concealed from ordinary humanity by the illusion of the senses. If the physical senses do not allow us to perceive the higher truth, they are for this very reason our benefactors. Things are thereby hidden from us which, if realized without due preparation, would throw us into unutterable consternation, and the sight of which would be unendurable.”
  2. Tantra for Westerners
  3. “These are the things that life is all about. These moments. It’s not about the rituals. It’s not about getting by. It’s about the stack of tiny little moments of joy and love that add up to a lifetime that’s been worthwhile. You can’t measure them; you can only capture them, like snapshots in your mind. All that joy, all that greatness, that’s God.”
  4. “You perfect yourself only by contributing to your fellow human beings and the world around.”
  5. Seven Demons