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by Malaclypse, Robert Anton Wilson, Kerry W. Thornley & Loompanics Unlimited
Published by fnord  18-05-2007 |
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Pinkavvy
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18-05-2007, 20:24
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Re: principia discorida -online book
Great addition, fnord! Perhaps we can recruit some of these kiddies to the facts of our cult, er, way.
More reading for kiddies and adulties alike... http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html specific chapter for casual heavy reading... http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz1.htm...oeticTerrorism Poetic Terrorism WEIRD DANCING IN ALL-NIGHT computer-banking lobbies. Unauthorized pyrotechnic displays. Land-art, earth-works as bizarre alien artifacts strewn in State Parks. Burglarize houses but instead of stealing, leave Poetic-Terrorist objects. Kidnap someone & make them happy. Pick someone at random & convince them they're the heir to an enormous, useless & amazing fortune--say 5000 square miles of Antarctica, or an aging circus elephant, or an orphanage in Bombay, or a collection of alchemical mss. Later they will come to realize that for a few moments they believed in something extraordinary, & will perhaps be driven as a result to seek out some more intense mode of existence. Bolt up brass commemorative plaques in places (public or private) where you have experienced a revelation or had a particularly fulfilling sexual experience, etc. Go naked for a sign. Organize a strike in your school or workplace on the grounds that it does not satisfy your need for indolence & spiritual beauty. Grafitti-art loaned some grace to ugly subways & rigid public momuments--PT-art can also be created for public places: poems scrawled in courthouse lavatories, small fetishes abandoned in parks & restaurants, xerox-art under windshield-wipers of parked cars, Big Character Slogans pasted on playground walls, anonymous letters mailed to random or chosen recipients (mail fraud), pirate radio transmissions, wet cement... The audience reaction or aesthetic-shock produced by PT ought to be at least as strong as the emotion of terror-- powerful disgust, sexual arousal, superstitious awe, sudden intuitive breakthrough, dada-esque angst--no matter whether the PT is aimed at one person or many, no matter whether it is "signed" or anonymous, if it does not change someone's life (aside from the artist) it fails. PT is an act in a Theater of Cruelty which has no stage, no rows of seats, no tickets & no walls. In order to work at all, PT must categorically be divorced from all conventional structures for art consumption (galleries, publications, media). Even the guerilla Situationist tactics of street theater are perhaps too well known & expected now. An exquisite seduction carried out not only in the cause of mutual satisfaction but also as a conscious act in a deliberately beautiful life--may be the ultimate PT. The PTerrorist behaves like a confidence-trickster whose aim is not money but CHANGE. Don't do PT for other artists, do it for people who will not realize (at least for a few moments) that what you have done is art. Avoid recognizable art-categories, avoid politics, don't stick around to argue, don't be sentimental; be ruthless, take risks, vandalize only what must be defaced, do something children will remember all their lives--but don't be spontaneous unless the PT Muse has possessed you. Dress up. Leave a false name. Be legendary. The best PT is against the law, but don't get caught. Art as crime; crime as art. ____________ Swip's been known to stant on street corner with one of his stolen copies of the anti-copyright book taz reading Poetic Terrorism to random people passing by ... with much emotion. lol |
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Alfa
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19-05-2007, 02:19
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Please elaborate on your view of this book Fnord. |
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lulz
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17-08-2007, 06:11
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Robert Anton Wilson was one of the three (possibly two, unless Macalypse the Younger is a real person) authors of the book. You have to understand that Wilson was into acid in a big. big. way. (he also happens to be a fantastic writer). http://www.deepleafproductions.com/w...aw-LSDogs.html (interesting read, check it out) Also, this book was written in the 60s.  Wilson started taking LSD in 1962, and Principia Discordia was published first in 1965. The three years of LSD madness shows in the book. IMO it is the perfect example of an absurdist joke, which actually has more serious hidden meaning sprinkled throughout it, that you may only pick up after reading it more than once. There's not much more I can think of to describe it. You'll either love it or hate it. Being stoned or tripping isn't necessary, but it helps. |
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Last edited by lulz; 29-08-2007 at 00:47..
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
There is a RAW fnord blog here I have never seen before which might interest fnord some of you fnord.
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#6
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lulz
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18-08-2007, 16:35
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
Eris has been found by a discordian astronomer! What did he do to her when he found her? He used her to bitch slap Pluto for the second time in recent years. Hail Eris!
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/sep...-demoted-again |
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
Not that there is any significance, but I was struck by a similarity RAW and Aleister Crowley's appearance at the end of their lives.
  But maybe I was imagining it.... |
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lulz
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29-08-2007, 00:48
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I believe the standard protocol is a tattoo of "fnord" on the forehead. http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Fnord |
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#10
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fnord
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30-08-2007, 12:37
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spread the word to your friends,read up online,prinipia dscordia,visit a discordian church.or as stated before dont. |
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rxbandit
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30-08-2007, 21:41
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I've already started your first two suggestions, where would one find a discordian church? Would I have to visit the physche ward of my nearest hospital... or do they have organized or disorganized meetings?
and in accordance with discordia am I required to cower whenever you post and then lack to see any content where you posted. |
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rxbandit
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29-08-2007, 00:32
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
I believe I found half of my answer;
If you want in on the Discordian Society then declare yourself what you wish do what you like and tell us about it or if you prefer don't. There are no rules anywhere. More info despite the absence of anything being the basis would be appreciated. |
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
Going to a discordian church would be like eating kosher bacon.
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#16
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fnord
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31-08-2007, 14:30
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Re: Principia Discorida by Robert Anton Wilson (online book)
[quote=Pinkavvy;95807
thee temple ov discodia POEE temple of Eris The SovF P.A.Z. Erisian Church ov Discord Temple of Erisian Ceremony Church of the Golden Apple zmeet and a few others. these are just a few that come to mind. (all the same genre)[/quote] gold members only:http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9727 |
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#17
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Kirtap10
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21-02-2008, 03:47
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Re: Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found H
The whole idea of a church is backwards for your average discordian. they are as likely to sing discordian hymns in church as they are to defecate in it. Usually this is because their church is a bathroom, sometimes it's because it's hat. YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE WITH THIS CROWD. Discordians don't so much "have gatherings" as "get drunk and naked," which often makes them indistinguishable from everyone else, except of course, for their shockingly good looks.
If you want more info on the religion a google search should get you way more literature than you need. In reality the faith is a trap for the mind, giving structure and dogma which the discordian uses to express and the wild and incomprehensible creative force of their spirit. They are tricked into believing they have somehow escaped the simplifying and categorizing tendencies of the mind because their faith is a "big ha ha" when in fact this failure to see the pure underlying truth will forever control them. On the other hand you've got five tons of flax. |
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crackcityrocker
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09-07-2008, 00:09
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Re: Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found H
just finished this "book", liked it alot. my friend said it was just nonsense, i called him nonsense and pooped on his shoes.
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17-08-2007, 16:33
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