The Medieval Crusades: Launched to Spread Worship of Dionysus :: European Europe History

The Medieval Crusades Launched to Spread Worship of Dionysus Although it is a popular ideal that the crusades of the Elevenththrough Thirteenth Century Europe were launched to spread Christianity, itis a seldom realized fact that they were actu entirelyy launched to spread theworship of the Greek perfection Dionysus. season many fundamentalist radicals andeven some historians who ought to know better will dispute this,itis,nevertheless,true. During the Middle Ages in Europe,there were a series of ten sacredcrusades launched over a period of three centuries.It is commonly believedthat these were organized and carried out by Christian religious leaders tounite more territory infra the red and white flag of their cherishedreligion. The fact that accounts of the Crusades were recorded as they arein the history books is due to the overwhelming influence exerted by fanatic religious leaders on historians of the day.It is an unfortunatefact that little remains of the historical re presentations of what actuallyhappened. While the Church leaders of the day destroyed all written account of whoinitiated the ten Crusades and what really occurred in the course of thesereligious conquests,the true story of what happened survives to thisday.High in the mountainous terrain of Northern Turkey exists a commonwealth ofdedicated monks who,with their female counterparts,still engage in therituals of Dionysean worship,just as they have for centuries in theirmountaintop isolation. These are the chosen few who engage in the festivalsof uncontrolled drinking and the divided up group enjoyment of their femalemembers characterizing their worship of this fun-loving God.It is to thesefew that practice not the self-denial of the Christian Church,but ratherthe indulgent,free-spirited way of the Dionysean following that the truestory of the Crusades is known. While the historical accounts of the participants and the motives behindthe Crusades are inaccurate,they do correctly iden tify the routes taken bythe Crusaders.Their objective was to come up through Europe,eventuallyarriving in Turkey,staging festival by and by festival a unyielding their way,in muchthe same manner as the original followers of Dionysus did. Afterthat,however,they planned to return through what is now the SovietRepublics,so as to avoid angry festival-goers recovering from the illeffects of excessive alcohol consumption and various social diseasescontracted during the festivities.After the tenth Crusade,after numerousmilitary encounters with debate religious groups occupying variousterritories,they had arrived in Turkey. There,a tremendous celebration andpublic orgy was held,as this would be their final destination beforereturning home. Unfortunately,however,the group lingered too long and wasoverrun by unruly,hung-over citizens.The Dionysean companys chariots andwagons were burned,and they were forced to flee into the mountains of