| Ek-sen-trik-kuh Discordia: The Tales of Shamlicht |
The Law of Fives! |
| by Reverend Loveshade Episkopos of the Discordian Division of the Ek-sen-triks CluborGuild |
Some Discordians become obsessed with forcing everything into five categories or
points. Some Erisians work so hard at squeezing out five points for everything that, even
if they don't have a fifth point, they'll claim one anyway. Such an all-consuming effort is
not only a self-destructive anally-compulsive disorder, but is completely unnecessary.
The Law of Fives is as fundamental to the universe as the Law of Gravity and the Laws of
Thermodynamics. Any effort to force something to conform to the Law of Fives is
purposeless for the reasons stated below.
points. Some Erisians work so hard at squeezing out five points for everything that, even
if they don't have a fifth point, they'll claim one anyway. Such an all-consuming effort is
not only a self-destructive anally-compulsive disorder, but is completely unnecessary.
The Law of Fives is as fundamental to the universe as the Law of Gravity and the Laws of
Thermodynamics. Any effort to force something to conform to the Law of Fives is
purposeless for the reasons stated below.
1) The Law of Fives, revealed to Lord Omar and as recorded in Principia Discordia,
states: "ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR ARE MULTIPLES OF
FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY APPROPRIATE TO 5." You don’t
have to make anything conform to five--it happens automatically.
2) The Five Perfect Solids were shown by Archangle Pythagoras (and other
Pythagoreans including Plato) to be the building blocks of the Universe. Everything in the
universe already came from those five shapes.
3) The Five Elements that compose the All automatically insure that everything is related
to five.
4) Erisians should realize that trying to force everything to conform to five points is
Aneristic! It’s artificially-enforced order, and counterproductive. If you only have four
points, for Goddess’ sake don’t make a fifth point! Stop at number 4! Do NOT make a
meaningless fifth point!
5) I don't actually have a fifth point.
states: "ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR ARE MULTIPLES OF
FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY APPROPRIATE TO 5." You don’t
have to make anything conform to five--it happens automatically.
2) The Five Perfect Solids were shown by Archangle Pythagoras (and other
Pythagoreans including Plato) to be the building blocks of the Universe. Everything in the
universe already came from those five shapes.
3) The Five Elements that compose the All automatically insure that everything is related
to five.
4) Erisians should realize that trying to force everything to conform to five points is
Aneristic! It’s artificially-enforced order, and counterproductive. If you only have four
points, for Goddess’ sake don’t make a fifth point! Stop at number 4! Do NOT make a
meaningless fifth point!
5) I don't actually have a fifth point.
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A perfect solid is a
three-dimensional shape that
has all sides identical.
Archangel Pythagoras and
other Pythagoreans
discovered there are only five
perfect solids: the
tetrahedron (which has four
triangular sides), cube (six
square sides), octahedron
(eight triangular sides),
dodecahedron (twelve
pentagonal sides), and
icosahedron (twenty
triangular sides). Each can fit
in a sphere.
(Gamers may know these as
the four, six, eight, 12, and
20-sided die.)
three-dimensional shape that
has all sides identical.
Archangel Pythagoras and
other Pythagoreans
discovered there are only five
perfect solids: the
tetrahedron (which has four
triangular sides), cube (six
square sides), octahedron
(eight triangular sides),
dodecahedron (twelve
pentagonal sides), and
icosahedron (twenty
triangular sides). Each can fit
in a sphere.
(Gamers may know these as
the four, six, eight, 12, and
20-sided die.)
"ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN
FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY
OR ARE MULTIPLES OF
FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
APPROPRIATE TO 5."
FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY
OR ARE MULTIPLES OF
FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
APPROPRIATE TO 5."
The five basic elements are
Sweet, Boom, Pungent,
Prickle and Orange.
Sweet, Boom, Pungent,
Prickle and Orange.
"The belief that 'order is true'
and disorder is false or
somehow wrong, is the
Aneristic Illusion. To say the
same of disorder, is the
Eristic Illusion." P. D. pg. 50
and disorder is false or
somehow wrong, is the
Aneristic Illusion. To say the
same of disorder, is the
Eristic Illusion." P. D. pg. 50