Born of olive oil carried home from the sun-drenched soil of Crete, the very land where his ecstatic rites echoed through ancient hills, this oil is a sacrament to Dionysus. It captures the dual essence of the god: the cultivated joy of the vineyard and the untamed spirit of the wild, sacred grove.

Cultus Dionysus is an infusion of resins and botanicals that speak to his domains. The sacred smoke of frankincense and ponderosa pine resin rises like invocation. The deep, earthy warmth of labdanum and benzoin provides a resinous, enduring base, while hints of vibrant citrus recall the fruit of the vine and the god's liberating joy. Animalistic amber connects this rite to the timeless, primal earth from which all life, and all frenzy, springs forth.

For me, Dionysus is the breaker of chains and the patron of ecstatic truth. He is the force that dissolves rigid boundaries, liberates the repressed self, and reveals the wild, creative life-force that flows beneath the surface of civilized order. This oil is for rituals of sacred release, creative awakening, and the joyful, sometimes chaotic, embrace of one's authentic nature. It is for calling upon the god who finds divinity not in restraint, but in the fertile chaos of authentic being.

Ritual oils are used to anoint the body, to consecrate tools for specific workings, to charge a ritual space, and as a direct offering upon the altar.

This purchase is for one 1 oz bottle of Cultus Dionysus Ritual Anointing Oil. Formulated with olive oil, ponderosa resin, frankincense, labdanum, amber, benzoin, citrus, and other herbs sacred to Dionysus. For external ritual use only.