Wine: Symbolic and real significance

Abstract

Vine existed on the Earth before human beings appeared, therefore wine was something familiar to them from the very beginning. Even before the Ancient period many nations had their own wine gods, but only through the image of Dionysus wine obtains its full affirmation and strong symbolic significance. With appearance of the Savior - Lord Jesus Christ, and the New Testament wine assumes a new meaning. It becomes the symbol of Christ's blood shed in salvation of the mankind and as such it is irreplaceable in the Holy Communion (The Eucharist). It is being provided lately, on scientific basis, that due to its pharmacodynamic and psychogenic effects wine has a beneficial influence on health. With this, the millennium empiric knowledge, stated in numerous aphorisms and maxims, acquires a complete scientific confirmation. .

Vinova loza se pojavila na zemlji pre čoveka, tako daje on od svog nastanka znao za vino. Mnogi narodi su još pre antičkog perioda imali svoje bogove vina, ali tek u liku boga Dionisa ono dobija punu afirmaciju i snažan simbolički naboj. Sa pojavom spasitelja, bogočoveka Isusa Hrista i novog zavela vino poprima novo značenje. Ono postaje simbol krvi koji je Hrist prolio za spasenje svih ljudi i kao takvo nezamenjivo je u svetoj tajni pričešća (evharistija). Poslednjih godina naučno se dokazuje blagotvorno delovanje vina na zdravlje ljudi zasnovano na njegovim farmakodinamičkim i psihogenim efektima. Ovim, milenijumska empirijska saznanja, iskazana u brojnim aforizmima i sentencijama, dobijaju punu naučnu potvrdu.