Discordianism
Sign in to saveDiscordianism is a belief system based around Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord, and variously defined as a religion, new religious movement, virtual religion, act of social commentary, or parody religion. It was founded after the 1963 publication of its holy book, Principia Discordia, written by Greg Hill with Kerry Wendell Thornley, the two working under the pseudonyms Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst.
Key facts
- Religion.name
- Discordianism
- Religion.image
- Eris (Discordia).jpg
- Religion.caption
- Eris, the Greek goddess of discord
- Religion.type
- New religious movement
- Religion.main_classification
- Virtual religion
- Religion.scripture
- Principia Discordia
- Religion.language
- English
- Religion.founder
- Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst
- Religion.founded_date
- 1960s
- Religion.founded_place
- United States
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- Founding and structure
- Organizations
- Discordian Society
- POEE
- Episkopos
- Popes
- Saints
- Other
- Mythology
- Eris and Aneris and their brother Spirituality
- Hand of Eris
- Original Snub
- Curse of Greyface
- Theology
- Three core principles
- The Pentabarf
- Sri Syadasti
- The Sacred Chao
- Operation Mindfuck
- Writings
- ''Principia Discordia'' editions
- Related works
- Religious studies
- Influence
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
Discordianism is a belief system based around Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord, and variously defined as a religion, new religious movement, virtual religion, act of social commentary, or parody religion. It was founded after the 1963 publication of its holy book, Principia Discordia, written by Greg Hill with Kerry Wendell Thornley, the two working under the pseudonyms Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst.
David Chidester considers Discordianism to be the first virtual religion and the first to take up the challenge of establishing its religious authenticity. When the Yahoo search engine categorized Discordianism as a parody religion, in May 2001 Discordians started an email campaign to get the religion reclassified. It is difficult to estimate the number of Discordians because they are not required to hold Discordianism as their only belief system.
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Counterculture of the 1960sCounterculture of the 1970sCounterculture of the 1980sCounterculture of the 1990sCounterculture of the 2000sCulture jammingDiscordianismEris (mythology)New religious movements established in the 1960sReligious belief systems founded in the United StatesReligious organizations established in 1963Robert Anton Wilson