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Sep 18, 2006, 1:58:51 PM9/18/06

Principia Discordia
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The Loompanics "Yellow Cover" combined 4th & 5th Edition Principia
Discordia, (1979).

Still in print for over 20 years.Principia Discordia is a sacred text
of the Discordian religion written by Greg Hill (Malaclypse The
Younger) and Kerry Thornley (Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst). It was
originally published under the title "Principia Discordia or How The
West Was Lost With Explanations to Yellow Pages Use" in a limited
edition of 5 copies in 1965.

The Principia describes the Discordian Society and its Goddess Eris, as
well as the basics of the POEE denomination of Discordianism. It
features typewritten and handwritten text intermixed with clip art,
stamps, and seals appropriated from other sources, possibly in
violation of copyright laws.

While the Principia is full of obvious self-contradictions and unusual
humor, it contains several passages which propose that there is serious
intent behind the work. Take for example a message scrawled on page
00075: "If you think the PRINCIPIA is just a ha-ha, then go read it
again."

The Principia is quoted extensively in and shares many themes with the
science fiction book The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert
Anton Wilson. While Wilson was not directly involved in writing the
Principia, both the letter signed "Mad Malik" and the stamps used were
his.

Notable symbols in the book include the Apple of Discord, the pentagon,
and the "Sacred Chao", which resembles the Taijitu of Taoism, but the
two principles depicted are "Hodge" and "Podge" rather than yin and
yang, and they are represented by the apple and the pentagon, and not
by dots. Saints identified include Emperor Norton, Yossarian, Don
Quixote, and Bokonon. The Principia also introduces the mysterious word
fnord, later popularized in The Illuminatus! Trilogy; the trilogy
itself is mentioned in the afterword to the Loompanics edition, and in
the various introductions to the fifth editions.

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lyra

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Sep 18, 2006, 2:02:23 PM9/18/06

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Quotes

"There are no rules anywhere. The Goddess Prevails" -The Discordian
Society, page 00032

"To choose order over disorder, or disorder over order, is to accept a
trip composed of both the creative and the destructive. But to choose
the creative over the destructive is an all-creative trip composed of
both order and disorder. To accomplish this, one need only accept
creative disorder along with, and equal to, creative order, and also
willing to reject destructive order as an undesirable equal to
destructive disorder." -Greyface and Negativism, page 00063

"Erisians seldom pray, it is much too dangerous." -On prayer, page
00012

"[The Ancient Greeks] cannot be trusted with historic matters. 'They
were,' She added, 'Victims of indigestion, you know.'" -Eris - What We
Know about Eris (not much), page 00015

"There is serenity in Chaos. Seek ye the Eye of the Hurricane." -Page
00059

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Other Discordian Works

The religion begun by Principia Discordia has expanded with newer
writings and illustrations found on thousands of websites. Some of this
new material has been put into collections. These Discordian works
include the Apocrypha Discordia, which contains various Discordian
writings compiled by Rev. Dr. Jon Swabey; and Ek-sen-trik-kuh
Discordia: The Tales of Shamlicht, an evolving work edited by Reverend
Loveshade that combines Discordianism with the philosophy of personism.
While not a "religious" work, The Illuminatus! Trilogy, speculative
fiction novels by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, popularized
Discordianism with various quotes and references from Principia
Discordia.

On May 5, 2005 (5/5/5), roleplaying game author John Wick published
Discordia!: A Little Game about a Lot of Chaos under his Wicked Dead
Brewing Company banner. Wick credits the game's inspiration to the
Principia Discordia and The Illuminatus! Trilogy. The game features the
players as "Discordian Double Agents" infiltrating various conspiracy
groups such as the Bavarian Illuminati, the Hashashin, and others.

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lyra

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Sep 18, 2006, 2:06:05 PM9/18/06

Hail Eris!

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