We can touch Dionysus and learn to express that archetypal joy through three psychological disciplines: active imagination, dreamwork, and ritual.

We like to think of ourselves as individuals. But it is important to remember that, on a deep level, we are really plural beings.

When we lost the concept of touch as a way to contact the god, we became ashamed of our natural urges and guilty even for our fantasies.

We are constantly working, thinking, planning, doing—what

We’re more likely to take our clothes off in front of a stranger than we are to let down our emotional defenses in front of someone we love.

All the responsibility and power we burden ourselves with! We can’t bear it for very long without breaking down in some way.

Don’t provoke confrontation or be dramatic. This is not good use of ritual and its nature is inflation, not enthusiasm. It will not achieve any productive result.

I am sorry to say that we rarely stand outside ourselves these days. The world is too much with us.

to bed, but we are loathe to be touched emotionally.