This I show as taught me or as eye of soul beholds: A man in drunken frenzy, and all helpless first I show as on the tablets drawn, or cut by tempered "steel" the greater was the cup he held, the grapes full big, extolled the strength of wine which could a man subdue.
Not the fiery fluid which today ye know, but an elixir mixed with well-riped wine which then produced a power of thought and vigor of the brain that gave discernment to the dullest mind.
Still other cups were wove from crystal as a basket grows from taper fingers, each clear strand apart, yet so welded to its fellow that the wine passed not between; in color cups like these were blue or gold or mocking wine with redness.
Not the father's, yet a father's hand did reach to each the fruit it best did love, or when sipping gently his well-sweetened wine, bade each red lip quaff but one draught from out his bowl or vase.
Hair of snowy hue clung round a brow no length of knowledge stamped, and eyes were dulled with wine, and form, which God made perfect to contain a soul, was warped with foul excess.
tell calmly that a smith may beat, entwine, and weave his vase at will, but bubbles blown from forms, or cords in shape, may not this day hold wine or lotus.
And thus from day to day the wily strangers plied with words, and wine, the officers of duty to the fleet that stretched out proudly-whitened wood and bark, great iron bands that made the cypress firm; and floating banners, dangling in the breeze, were later wafted broadly as they set them forth at midnight when the plot had worked its potency.
Each statesman holding in the hand which showed his monarch's ring—a gift all prized—a goblet fair of that rare fluid, yellow shot with rose, a wine distilled with care.
Wine drunken some were treated to the flow of
And thus I saw them—maid and wife and child—the form—but useless cask which spilled the golden wine that means the breath of God.
The priest lay in his temple, dead with wine, or knelt, as is the way of priest, before a gem-lit shrine to catch the eye of the kneeling, shrinking throng who caught a hint of doom.
When, then, they had done sacrifice according to their laws and were consecrating all the limbs of the bull, they mixed a bowl of wine and poured in on behalf of each one a gout of blood, and the rest they carried to the fire, when they had first purged the pillars round about.
I had often met him on former occasions and, by his wine-colored turban, knew him for a prince.
The nations have drunk her wine, the kings have committed fornication with her, and the merchants have grown rich from her.
Babylon: All nations "have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication" (Revelation 18:3), and she says "I sit a queen" (Revelation 18:7).
I stopped up the chinks through which the water entered in;--I visited the chinks, and added what was wanting.--I poured on the exterior three times 3600 measures of asphalte,--and three times 3600 measures of asphalte within.--Three times 3600 men, porters, brought on their heads the chests of provisions.--I kept 3600 chests for the nourishment of my family,--and the mariners divided among themselves twice 3600 chests.--For [provisioning] I had oxen slain;--I instituted [rations] for each day.--In anticipation of the need of] drinks, of barrels, and of wine--[I collected in quantity] like to the waters of a river, [of provisions] in quantity like to the dust of the earth.-[To arrange them in] the chests I set my hand to.--.
The angel instructs Manoah's wife to avoid wine, intoxicating drinks, and impure food, as her son will be a Nazirite from birth.
Mount Cithaeron is also closely associated with the worship of Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and ecstasy.
However, a conflict arose when Heracles opened a jar of sacred wine, leading to a violent encounter with the other centaurs who attacked him.
It was believed to be a sacred place dedicated to the god Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and religious ecstasy.
According to ancient sources, this oracle was one of the few dedicated to the god of wine, offering prophecies to those who sought them.
She is offered bread and wine, symbolizing offerings to the gods.
These rituals involved capturing bulls and mixing their blood with wine, which had significant religious and symbolic meaning.
They filled a bowl with wine and added a portion of the bull’s blood for each king.
When therefore, after slaying the bull in the accustomed manner, they had burnt its limbs, they filled a bowl of wine and cast in a clot of blood for each of them; the rest of the victim they put in the fire, after having purified the column all round.
The kings would use this bowl to draw and mix the blood of a sacrificed bull with wine.
After the blood was mixed with wine, the kings would drink from the bowl.
These sections give more details on the rituals, including the capture of the bull, the mixing of its blood with wine and the kings’ ceremonial drinking.
They must drink alcohol, caffeine for the alkaloid, alcohol, beer, whiskey, wine, rum, gin, and scotch for the fermentation.
Turning Water into Wine: God of wine who could transform substances, similar to Jesus' miracle at Cana.
A cup of wine at Passover and a chair at Brit Milah ceremonies symbolize his anticipated return and blessing.
John Lear suggested that aliens view human souls as a commodity, comparing our bodies to containers in which these souls mature, akin to wine.
The wine represents the blood of all and the sharing together.
S: You are speaking of, perhaps when a person drinks too much wine.
It is not said that they do not drink, for it is very acceptable to drink wine.
The vessels were charged with liquors of various colours of intense brilliancy and transparency; some of these fluids were water, milk, wine, fire, etc.
In his stomach was a clear fluid, like water in a crystal bowl, in which tiny eggs developed themselves, like bubbles in wine, as he glowed with the ardour of Divine charity; and when he strongly desired that others should unite with him in the work of praise, he deposited one of these eggs, which hatched, and from it emerged his consort, Eve.
They used wine and other intoxicants to reach ecstatic devotion.
The effects are specific to certain items, so broad beans can cure "agonizing love," ten dirhams of ground saffron mixed with wine will cause anyone who drinks it to laugh until they die.
Matias compares the Christian ritual of Communion, where bread and wine are consumed as symbols of Christ's body and blood, to a Masonic initiation ritual that involves drinking wine from a skull.
Golden Wine Cups: In certain parables or teachings, golden cups may symbolize the preciousness of divine wrath or judgment (Jeremiah 51:7, Revelation 17:4).
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
He falls asleep, drunk on wine, and a vision of a cedar and an olive tree comes to him.
Based on the writing style this part is likely a later addition:20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers without.23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brothers.26And he said, Blessed be Yahweh of Elohim of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
A vineyard needs several years before its grapes are good for wine.
In the Bible, wine is often tied to joy and blessing.
Wine mixed with herbs or psychoactive plants was used in many rituals of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean:
The Hebrew text uses the verb vayyishta (וַיֵּשְׁתְּ), “he drank.” The context does not say what kind of wine it was.
The wine episode could stand for a shift in consciousness instead of moral weakness.