Discordianism, chaos religion, countercultural occultism

Principia Discordia: or How I Found Goddess and What I Did To Her When I Found Her

Name: Principia Discordia: or How I Found Goddess and What I Did To Her When I Found Her
Author: Malaclypse the Younger (Gregory Hill)

Malaclypse the Younger (Gregory Hill)1963

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The foundational scripture of Discordianism, a religion disguised as a joke (or vice versa) centered on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of chaos and discord. The text is a chaotic assembly of absurd doctrines, surreal diagrams, and counter-cultural philosophy, famously introducing the 'Law of Fives' and the concepts of 'Creative Disorder' vs. 'Destructive Order'. It served as a major influence on the Chaos Magic movement and 1960s underground culture.

Also known asDiscordianism Foundation · Principia Discordia (Malaclypse)

This edition1965

EditionSelf-published / Third Edition (The most widely circulated)

Moral philosophy and ethicsChaos Magicritual documentationPostmodernismMystical philosophyEsoteric PhilosophyDiscordianism