The Midieval Crusades

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