The Medieval Crusades: Launched to Spread Worship of Dionysus

The Medieval Crusades: Launched to Spread Worship of Dionysus

Although it is a popular notion that the crusades of the Eleventh

through Thirteenth Century Europe were launched to spread Christianity, it

is a seldom realized fact that they were actually launched to spread the

worship of the Greek God Dionysus. While many fundamentalist radicals and

even some historians who ought to know better will dispute this,it

is,nevertheless,true.

During the Middle Ages in Europe,there were a series of ten religious

crusades launched over a period of three centuries.It is commonly believed

that these were organized and carried out by Christian religious leaders to

unite more territory under the red and white flag of their cherished

religion. The fact that accounts of the Crusades were recorded as they are

in the history books is due to the overwhelming influence exerted by

overzealous religious leaders on historians of the day.It is an unfortunate

fact that little remains of the historical representations of what actually

happened.

While the Church leaders of the day destroyed all written account of who

initiated the ten Crusades and what really occurred in the course of these

religious conquests,the true story of what happened survives to this

day.High in the mountainous terrain of Northern Turkey exists a tribe of

dedicated monks who,with their female counterparts,still engage in the

rituals of Dionysean worship,just as they have for centuries in their

mountaintop isolation. These are the chosen few who engage in the festivals

of uncontrolled drinking and the shared group enjoyment of their female

members characterizing their worship of this fun-loving God.It is to these

few that practice not the self-denial of the Christian Church,but rather

the indulgent,free-spirited way of the Dionysean following that the true

story of the Crusades is known.

While the historical accounts of the participants and the motives behind

the Crusades are inaccurate,they do correctly identify the routes taken by

the Crusaders.Their objective was to come up through Europe,eventually

arriving in Turkey,staging festival after festival along their way,in much

the same manner as the original followers of Dionysus did. After

that,however,they planned to return through what is now the Soviet

Republics,so as to avoid angry festival-goers recovering from the ill

effects of excessive alcohol consumption and various social diseases

contracted during the festivities.After the tenth Crusade,after numerous

military encounters with opposing religious groups occupying various

territories,they had arrived in Turkey. There,a tremendous celebration and

public orgy was held,as this would be their final destination before

returning home. Unfortunately,however,the group lingered too long and was

overrun by unruly,hung-over citizens.The Dionysean company's chariots and

wagons were burned,and they were forced to flee into the mountains of