Discordianism

The Sacred Chao

Discordianism is a postmodern religion in which disorder (also called discord) is as important as order, existing within chaos. It was founded circa 1958–1959 by Malaclypse the Younger, who published its most important text: the Principia Discordia.

The Sacred Chao and Five fingered hand of ERIS are the most recognized symbols of Discordianism.

Discordian calendar

The Discordian calendar (also called Erisian calendar) is an alternative calendar used by followers of the discordian religion

The discordian year 1 YOLD is 1166 BC.

Implementations

ddate is a linux program that prints the current date in the discordian calendar, in August 2011, ddate was made optional, and was removed in 2012, being readded in 2013

Discordianism Media

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  The Discordian five-fingered hand symbol.

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  The rotated symbol used for the dwarf planet Eris.

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  A golden apple with "Kallisti" inscribed on it. Discordian symbol.

• Eris symbol (fancy).svg

  The "official symbol of POEE," the "Five-Fingered Hand of Eris." (POEE stands for Para­theo-ana­meta­mystik­hood of Eris Esoteric.)

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  Discordian version of the Yin and Yang dynamic balance. In this case the two principles are Hodge and Podge, but they pretty much mean roughly the same as Yin and Yang with some twists.

• NARACoverSheet DiscordianSociety.gif

  NARA cover sheet for the alleged first edition

Other websites

• PrincipiaDiscordia.com – contains the Principia Discordia in HTML.