Monday, February 15, 2010

Discordianism on Polarities

Discordianism =On Occultism=

Magicians, especially since the Gnostic and Quabala influences, have sought higher consciousness through the assimiliation and control of universal opposites---good/evil, positive/negative, male/female, etc. But due to the steadfast pomposity of ritualism inherited from the ancient methods of the shaman, occultists have been blinded to what is perhaps the two most important pairs of apparent or earth-plane opposites: ORDER/DISORDER and SERIOUS/HUMOROUS.

Magicians, and their progeny the scientists, have always taken themselves and their subject in an orderly and sober manner, thereby disregarding an essential metaphysical balance. When magicians learn to approach philosophy as a malleable art instead of an immutable Truth, and learn to appreciate the absurdity of man's endeavors, then they will be able to pursue their art with a lighter heart and perhaps gain a clearer understanding of it, and therefore gain more effective magic. CHAOS is ENERGY.

This is an essential challange to the basic concepts of all western occult thought, and POEE is humbly pleased to offer the first major breakthrough in occultism since Solomon.

From Principia Discordia compiled by Malaclypse the Younger.

2 comments:

Suecae Sounds said...

Fun in a nerdy kind of way. Should it be taken seriously: I doubt it. :)

Morgan Drake Eckstein said...

"Discordian Mondays" are being labeled "humor"; or at least, I think that I hit the humor label when posting this.