Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing a poem about Maenads and how they relate to pleasure!

Magickal Maenads and Playful Pleasure

by Maranda Wabik

The Woodland is awash with fertile energy

The laughter is lilting through the trees

The Maenads are seeking a place to be free

Dancing and delighting in hedonistic pleasure

Oh, the Maenads have a joy beyond measure

Play and pleasure are Divine

That is what you can learn from these wild Priestesses

Dancing to the beat of the drums

Eating and drinking as a way to enjoy

Celebrations and Sacred Rites

Need not be stuffy

The joy of the Gods can be felt

Through the Sacredness of Pleasure

Oh, yes, pleasure and play

Is something Dionysus loves each day

At least, that is what the Maenads teach

With their joyful and raucous partying

Oh, it is true that Sex is Sacred

Oh, it is true that there is power in pleasure

Oh, it is magickal to find the balance between 

Ecstasy and Madness

Yes, that is a lesson of Dionysus that the Maenads know well!

~I hope you have enjoyed this poem.   Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

Note on Image: The image at the top of the post is the artwork Bacchante on a Panther by William Adolphe Bouguereau.   I found the art on https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/dionysus-maenads/.

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