Library - Theology - Discordianism

Overview

Links and Resources

Publications

Merchandise

Discordianism is a monotheistic religion that was founded in c. 1,958 CE with the publication of its first holy doctrine, The Principia Discordia, which was written by "Lord Malaclypse the Younger" and "Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst."  The fundamental philosophy is that order and chaos are neurological illusions that are imposed on the universe, and that it's not possible to completely validate objective truth.

Deities:		Supernatural agents:		Beliefs:		Traditions:
Eris (a.k.a., Discordia), the Greco-Roman goddess of chaos (or "discord"), virtues, and archetypes		Creative forces Order Disorder Sacred Chao Law of Fives Curse of Greyface		Sacred texts are dangerous Chaos is the underlying impulse of the universe The "Law of Fives" is never wrong		Catmas (teachings and sayings, explanations, quotations, art, humour, etc.) Declaration of everyone to be ordained as Discordian Popes (male) or Momes (female) On the first Friday after illumination, a Discordian must go somewhere to be alone and "partake joyously of a hot dog" but without hot dog buns Prohibition against males believing anything they read

The Discordian Calendar year has 5 months called "seasons," of 73 days each, which are named Chaos ("Chs"), Discord ("Dsc"), Confusion ("Cfn"), Bureaucracy ("Bcy"), and The Aftermath ("Afm").  Each week is 5 days long, which are named Sweetmorn ("Sweet"), Boomtime ("Boom"), Pungenday ("Pungent"), Prickle-Prickle ("Prickle"), and Setting Orange ("Orange").

St. Tib's Day is an extra day that is inserted every 4 years between the 59th and 60th days during Chaos (in the same manner that February 29th occurs in conjunction with leap years).

Annual apostle holy days: Mungday - occurs on the first Setting Orange in Chaos Mojoday - occurs on the first Setting Orange in Discord Syaday - occurs on the first Setting Orange in Confusion Zaraday - occurs on the first Setting Orange in Bureaucracy Maladay - occurs on the first Setting Orange in The Aftermath

Annual seasonal holy days: Chaoflux - occurs on the 50th day in Chaos Discoflux - occurs on the 50th day in Discord Confuflux - occurs on the 50th day in Confusion Bureflux - occurs on the 50th day in Bureaucracy Afflux - occurs on the 50th day in The Aftermath