Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Oh, Apple of Discordia

The Sacred Chao (below) is a symbol used by Discordians to illustrate the relationship between of order and disorder. According to Principia Discordia the Sacred Chao is not the Yin-Yang of the Taoists. It is the HODGE-PODGE of the Erisians. And, instead of a Podge spot on the Hodge side, it has a PENTAGON which symbolizes the ANERISTIC PRINCIPLE, and instead of a Hodge spot on the Podge side, it depicts the GOLDEN APPLE OF DISCORDIA to symbolize the ERISTIC PRINCIPLE.

The Sacred Chao symbolizes absolutely everything anyone need ever know about absolutely anything, and more! It even symbolizes everything not worth knowing, depicted by the empty space surrounding the Hodge-Podge.

Although most religions revere the principles of harmony and order; or at least purport to... Discordianism interprets disharmony and even chos as equally valid aspects of reality. The Principia Discordia subtly suggests that Discordianism was founded as the antithesis the sense of order on other religions. Balance is a theme throughout Christianity, judaism Islam and even pegan religions such as wikka and druidism. [only scientology suggests that cash is the balance for all things] Essentially they are founded in the idea that chaos is the underlying impulse of the universe. Mathmatically speaking, they have a point.

Like everything else, it is immortalised in song:

Let us sing to old Discordia
Cause it's sure she's never bored ya
And if she's good enough for ya
Then she's good enough for me!

If your rising sign is Aries
You'll be taken by the Fairies
Meet the Buddah in Benares
where he'll hit you with a pie!

We will sing a verse for Eris
(Golden apples for the fairest!)
Though she sometimes likes to scare us
But she's good enough for me!

http://www.iit.edu/~phillips/personal/song/old_disc.html

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