Dionysus oil arts Michael is also a psychopomp

Michael is also a psychopomp who appears to the dead and dying to convey them to the gates of heaven

Angels are originally conceived as winged messengers or agents of God described in the Old Testament of the Bible

Lucifer holds a special place in my own Faery spirituality tradition because according to many Irish/Celtic stories

partaking of the elements of Air

which marks the beginning of the calendar year

Dionysus oil arts Michael is also a psychopompEcstatic, inebriant god of poetry, music, and prophesy, Dionysus is brother and contretemps to Apollo. Son of Zeus and Semele, he was educated by the forest god Silenus. His travels served to bring the arts of winemaking and viticulture to many lands, so his worship and cults were widespread. Like his Roman counterpart, Bacchus, he was worshipped by wild, bloodthirsty women called Maenads. Dionysus is thought of as the Greek precedent to Bacchus, but