What to Read After Dionysus
Readers who loved Dionysus by Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Dionysus is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Dionysus
The road to Eleusis
The origins of the Mithraic mysteries
The origins of Greek thought
The myth of the eternal return, or, Cosmos and history
The Treasures of Darkness
Shinto, the Kami way
Dionysos
The Nobility of Failure
Ancient Mystery Cults.
From Ritual to Romance
Gods, demons, and symbols of ancient Mesopotamia
The gods of the Greeks
Trickster Makes This World
Ancient Iraq
Likeness and Presence
An introduction to Hinduism
The Essence of Shinto
Rites and Symbols of Initiation.
The Final Pagan Generation
Shinto
Religions of the World
Greek Religion
Gone from My Sight
The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy)