Entheos
early worshippers of dionysos reenacted this gruesome scene by whipping themselves into a frenzy and tearing a live bull to pieces with their hands and teeth. these grisly rites, accompanied by loud music and the crashing of cymbals, were intended to propel the revelers into a state of ecstasy, a word literally meaning ‘outside the body’ to the greeks. through this ecstasy, the cultists hoped to transcend their earthly bonds and allow the soul a temporary liberation from the body. only in this way could the soul achieve a condition of enthousiasmos, meaning ‘inside the god,’ which the worshipers believed was a taste of what they might one day enjoy in eternity.
entheos are an irish band who take their name form the definition above.
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