#discordian magic

[kaccvcate]

consecrated my new outdoor altar with the sacrifice of this virgin pineapple

[khulthuskaotika]

[passerine-parable]

E.O.O.T.L.G. Pope card back

HAIL ERIS, HAIL HEKATE, ALL HAIL DISCORDIA

order and disorder, hodge and podge

together forming sacred chao

[cantva190]

Eris Goddes Of Discord and Chaos🍎

[themechanoid99]

IDK WTF I just made. :\

[autism-disco]

magical john drag king is exactly what alan moore meant about the ideaspace this absolutely existed in our collective consciousness as a human species

[capncornflake]

WARNING! ACTIVE CURSE IN AREA!

you people REALLY need to stop trampling on my sigils. >:(

this isn't a joke! I have used arcane Discordian magick to protect my sigils with MULTIPLE DEMONIC ATTACHMENTS! these demons are not fucking around, either. they are bored, and they WILL inflict strokes and brain hemorrhages on you if you bother them.

for the last time, I am not responsible for what these things do to you people. you all were warned. all of this is out of my hands. STOP FUCKING WITH THE SIGILS IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM TO ABRUPTLY FAIL!!!!

[the-wizard-spiderose]

Y’all we cannot let the Discordians hold the monopoly on weird fucking element systems. Reblog this with things that totally should be elements but aren’t yet, and tell me what they’d be used for in a magical practice.

[windvexer]

I actually do think that doing magic takes a lot of work and is kinda hard and there aren't very many good shortcuts, and many modern shortcuts actually just amount to leaving out steps, which means you either have to be powerful enough to brute-force it or it fizzles.

Look, I know some people are just much better at magic and witchcraft; anything they do works with little effort, and the lengths some of us have to go to accomplish magic seems bizarre to them. Those people are cool and I wish I was like them but I'm not.

But I also think some of the truth of how to work effective sorcery gets paved over by these "witchcraft has no rules, do anything you want" support posts.

Because A) that is not true, I believe that witchcraft has lots and lots of rules (it's just that nobody else can tell you what they are), and B) I think do anything you want is taken to mean anything you do should work, which is also not true.

I feel like I always see advice given that you don't need to do things (like use physical tools, or cast circles, or whatever). But I never see anyone explaining the techniques and paths of power that are supposed to replace them.

Let's just imagine for a moment that clear quartz really is a universal substitute. Discordians would say that it totally is. So does that mean all you have to do to sub out clear quartz is to just put it on the altar and do the ritual as if it's something else?

Or do you have to do something more?

Do you have to consecrate the stone as being something other than what it is? Do you have to ritually birth it into a new life and baptize it like a baby? Do you have to spend weeks or months honing your technique of focus and beliefs so that you can mentally shift from consensus reality to a personal reality where there is literally no difference between clear quartz and sodalite?

Do you have to raise energies of sodalite and imprint them into the quartz crystal, perhaps working over it for an extended period of time? Do you have to use energy work to tie the clear quartz into Ideal Sodalite so that it becomes like an avatar?

No, you don't have to use physical tools if you don't want to. But that shouldn't be taken to imply that tools are useless or can be replaced in a way that matters by just visualizing that you have them.

A witch spends six months propitiating a tree, ingratiating themselves with the land, offerings and acts of fealty to the tree, a week-long branch harvesting ritual, blood offerings at midnight on a holy day, then another year curing the wood and crafting a wand. Big effort, right?

And you don't need to do that. But if you want that power, what are you going to do instead?

Same with circle-casting. Same with magic on the full moon. No, you don't have to wait until the full moon. You don't have to wait until the moon is in Libra. But there's a really good reason people do those things. So if you want those effects, what actions can replace those effects?

You literally could not do the spell while the full moon is in Libra. That's fine. But then what will bridge the gap? Will you have to raise more energy somewhere else? Include a new aspect? Modify the spell for the moon you can work with?

"You don't have to follow the moon phase for magic" doesn't mean the moon phase is irrelevant and some witches just like to inconvenience themselves for no reason. But it does mean that you can probably adapt your working to overcome the moon being in the inopportune phase.

Every time I talk about how much time, energy, and effort magic can be I feel like someone always replies, "well, it's just not that hard for me! I do what I want with what I have when I need it and it always just works, with very little effort."

Which I think is very great for them, but I also don't think that most people can get results with such low effort.

So anyway my entire point is that I think sometimes the reason people struggle with getting witchcraft to work is because they are operating off of out-of-context soundbites that make it sound like you can just completely cut out some of these foundational concepts of witchcraft.

Maybe you don't have to accomplish those steps in traditional ways. Maybe you don't need all of those steps for every spell you're doing.

But if you've just cut out swaths of steps only because you heard someone say you don't need them (not because of your own experiments working with magic and determining what works best for you), then is there enough left to constitute a functional system of magic?

[khulthuskaotika]

HAIL ERIS!

[passerine-parable]

Death to Empire // Death to those who would rewrite our histories // Death to those who would crush our free will and pierce our limbs with their golden teeth

Authority is an illusion. Hierarchies are doomed to collapse. Objectivity is the enemy.

We will win this turn.

Red WILL prevail

——————————————————

This piece of writing utterly changed my life and continues to do so. https://suspended-annihilation.com/greyface

This art is the product of accumulated emotions amidst my continuing apprenticeship with its author.

(Apologies to my friends who are used to seeing the calmer side of me- I hope you find this sudden ferocity amusing)

[cantva190]

The Art of Eric York: Discordia  - Kaos🍎

[sorcererpoet]

I think I forget that gadfly religious movements like this tend to be "grown out of" the way you describe -- my own experience with Chaos Magic is similar.

I also imagine that people who might have been attracted to Discordianism in earlier times are now drawn into Pastafarianism (which is basically a reskin with less LSD).

I just used to see a lot more prominent and obvious Discordian voices, and I don't know if the movement as a whole is in decline or not, or if I'm just becoming An Old who doesn't know where to find people.

Speaking of Discordians, are they still around? I only knew one or two and haven't hears from them in a while, and if they're active online I've moved to different virtual spaces.

Not that I'm wanting to seek any out: Discordianism annoys me on several levels. I'm just curious how influential the movement is these days

[alexthebordercollie]

What are the cutie marks and/or special abilities of the boys?

Archie here is a dragonologist. His cutie mark is a drag curled around a swirl of magic. Both boys have Discord's chaos magic though Archie only uses his fairly sparingly and for practical concerns. He lacks much a chaotic impulse and prefers a nice quiet life like his mother.

Chaos's cutie mark is the sacred chao, the symbol of the Discordian society. A philosophy dedicated to embracing chaos. He got his cutie mark after plunging Equestria into chaos as a young colt and having his magic sealed away in a protective amulet by Celestia. She's agreed to give him his magic back when he proves he can be trusted with it. The true meaning of his cutie mark is still not entirely understood though Discord is very proud.

[capncornflake]

The first part of my magnum opus, The Gospel According to Eris, came out today.

It is free. Share it around.

The chaos unleashed by the Apple of Discord only works if everyone gets in on the action. Join me as we launch the most subversive psyop in American history!

Direct link: https://gospeloferis.com/preview/DPH-001.pdf

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

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Independence, Flag & Related Days

Ajdinland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

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Pitchfork Union (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Seirlandia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

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1st Sunday in January

Ati-Athan Festival begins (Philippines) [1st Sunday through 3rd Sunday]

Feast of the Holy Family [Sunday after Xmas]

Second Sunday of Christmas (Christian) [2nd Sunday after Christmas]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Snack Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Spiritual Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Start Over Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Trappist Beer Day [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning January 5 (1st Full Week of January)

Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week (thru 1.11]

Hunt for Happiness Week (thru 1.11) [1st Full Week]

National Law Enforcement Training Week (thru 1.11) [1st Full Week]

National Lose Weight — Feel Great Week (thru 1.11) [1st Full Week]

National Thank Your Customers Week (thru 1.11) [1st Full Week]

Festivals Beginning January 5, 2025

Epiphany Fair (Rome, Italy) [Epiphany Eve]

Golden Globe Awards (Beverly Hills, California)

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China) [thru 2.20]

Three Kings Parade (Spain)

Feast Days

Apollinaris (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

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Charles of Mount Argus (Christian; Saint)

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Dorotheus the Younger (Christian; Saint)

Epiphany (Christian; Transition Between Christmas & Carnival Season)

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Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Noche De Reyes (Three Wise Men; Mexico)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

River Nile Magical Powers Day (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Simeon the Stylite (Latin Church)

Syncletia (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Telesphorus, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Three Cooks (Pastafarian)

Three-Fries-Men (Pastafarian)

The Three Most Beautiful Things in the World (Full-Rigged Ship, Woman with Child, & the Full Moon; Celtic Book of Days)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Tucindan (Old Serbian Pagan Folk Festival)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

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Secular Saints Days

Alvin Ailey (Dance)

Lucienne Bloch (Photographer)

Nicolas de Staël (Artist)

Robert Duvall (Entertainment)

Umberto Eco (Philosophy)

Pablo Gargallo (Artist)

Stella Gibbons (Writer)

Hayao Miyazaki (Animation)

W.D. Snodgrass (Poet)

Yves Tanguy (Artist)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Any Rags? (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Buddy the Gob (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

Count Down Clown (Loopy De Loopp Cartoon; 1961)

The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies, by Clark Ashton Smith (Short Stories; 1935)

Desire, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Dud Avocado, by Elaine Dundy (Novel; 1958)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Happily N’Ever After (Animated Film; 2007)

The Hearing Trumpet, by Leonora Carrington (Novel; 1974)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (UK TV Series; 1981)

In the American Grain, by William Carlos Williams (History Book; 1925)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Maze Craze (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, by Maurice Ravel (Piano Concerto; 1932)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

The Swiss Summer, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1951)

Three Little Bops (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney SS Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

What’s Sweepin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles Wirh You(, recorded by Billie Holiday (Song; 1938)

Who’s Kitten Who? (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2025; 360 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 1 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Ding-Chou), Day 6 (Jia-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Coptic: 27 Kiyahk 1741

Hebrew: 5 Teveth 5785

Islamic: 5 Rajab 1446

J Cal: 5 White; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2024

Moon: 36%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of January

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 30)