Immanentizing the Eschaton
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Immanentizing the Eschaton |
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In the most wholey of holy bibbles “The Principia Discordia”, Mal-2 and Lord Omar wrote, in referring to the Discordian Orders Of “THEM”:
“A person belonging to one or more Order is just as likely to carry a flag of the counter-establishment as the flag of the establishment-- just as long as it is a flag. Don't let THEM immanentize the Eschaton.”
For those who don't know what the term “immanentize the Eschaton” means, it means “bring forth or closer the End of the World”. Not necessarily in the apocalyptic, nukes going of all over the place, second coming of Christ kind a way.
It is more of a change of the way we view reality. The Renaissance of Europe in the 1400-1600's was an Eschaton to the Catholic Church, who before that enjoyed almost unlimited (with a few exceptions of course) power and sway over reality. What Mal-2/Lord Omar had in mind, I think, (this is just opinion, of course. I wasn't there when Kerry and Greg wrote the Principia) was that WE (the Children of Eris) must immanentize the Eschaton. We must wake up the sleepers, turn the cabbages back into humans, and let the sheep know that they don't have to be sheep. We Discordians have the capability to transform this world. We can make it into a better place for all the lifeforms on this planet. Our biggest problem is that there aren’t enough of us. Hell, half the Discordians I know think that being a Discordian is only about being so weird that no-one can stand being around them.
Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law, But for Eris sake, you don’t have to be so obnoxious about it. I guess that’s what Hagbard Celine meant (in the Illuminatus! trilogy) when he said the L.D.D. not only stands for “Legion of Dynamic Discord”, but also “Lots of Deluded Dupes”. The reason I compiled the “Book of Eris” was to create an “advanced course into the Erisian Mysteries”. Right now it seems like the Christians and the Moslems are about to fight it out to see who remains the chief bully in the playground. We Discordians must rally the other children in the playground to oust these bullies, or there may not be a playground left when those two finish fighting.
Those of us it the Erisian Pope/Momehood must reach out to the Discordian laity. We must show them that there is more to Discordianism than Pop-Tarts and Friday night Sink sessions in the rectory.
DEFENDS YOURSELVES!
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