Dionysus, Krishna
He was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology.
Dionysos is credited by most sources as the Greek god of drama.
The baby of Zeus and Semele is named Dionysus. He is the god of wine, fertility, ritual madness, and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology.
Ecstasy is used in philosophy which often means outside of ones self. It is also used concomitantly by philosophers to refer to a high state of pleasure or area of consciousness. One example of religious ecstasy is sex drive.
Dionysos
Margot Anand has written: 'The art of everyday ecstasy' -- subject(s): Ecstasy, Hinduism, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Sex, Sex, Spiritual life, Tantrism 'The Sexual Ecstasy Workbook' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Family & Relationships, Nonfiction, Self-Improvement 'Magie des Tantra' 'Sexual Ecstasy'
God of wine, theatre, ritual madness, and ecstasy.
yes. He is the god of wine, fertility, and ecstasy. He would have rituals with maenads and satyrs in which they would go into the forest and get drunk, dances around, find animals and children, tear them apart and eat their raw flesh, and do.... sexual things.
Ian Warden has written: 'Do polar bears experience religious ecstasy?'
As the god of wine, ritual madness and ecstasy, I think the answer is obvious.
Qadesh is the New Kingdom Egyptian goddess of sacred ecstasy and sexual pleasure
You're thinking of Faunus, but he wasn't a shepherd. He was the Roman god of forests, plains and fields. He was conflated with the Greek god of shepherds, Pan, who was often depicted with those same goat-like features (though he did not originally have them).