It was mentioned in an introduction to one of the Principia editions, and the work was quoted from in the first edition. Zenarchy was first self-published by Thornley, under the pen name Ho Chi Zen, as a series of one-page (or broadsheet) newsletters in the 1960s.
It was founded after the 1963 publication of its holy book, the Principia Discordia, written by Greg Hill with Kerry Wendell Thornley, the two working under the pseudonyms Malaclypse the Younger and Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst. The religion has been likened to Zen based on similarities with absurdist interpretations of the Rinzai school, as well as Taoist philosophy.
"Enlightenment of a Seeker" from this book is also present in Principia Discordia as "A Zen Story". ===Principia Discordia editions=== The first edition was printed using Jim Garrison's Xerox printer in 1963.
The second edition was published under the title Principia Discordia or How The West Was Lost in a limited edition of five copies (and released into the public domain) in 1965. In 1978, a copy of a work from Kerry Thornley titled THE PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA or HOW THE WEST WAS LOST was placed in the HSCA JFK collections as document 010857.
The concept was developed by Kerry Thornley and Robert Anton Wilson in 1968 and given its name by Wilson and Robert Shea in The Illuminatus! Trilogy. ==Writings== Discordian works include a number of books, not all of which actually exist.
A non-combative, non-participatory, no-politics approach to anarchy intended to get the serious student thinking." One of the most influential of all Discordian works, the Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson purportedly between 1969 and 1971.
A non-combative, non-participatory, no-politics approach to anarchy intended to get the serious student thinking." One of the most influential of all Discordian works, the Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson purportedly between 1969 and 1971.
Zen Without Zen Masters is a book by Camden Benares (The Count of Five), published in 1977, of koans, stories and exercises of a Discordian nature.
The second edition was published under the title Principia Discordia or How The West Was Lost in a limited edition of five copies (and released into the public domain) in 1965. In 1978, a copy of a work from Kerry Thornley titled THE PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA or HOW THE WEST WAS LOST was placed in the HSCA JFK collections as document 010857.
In a 1980 interview given to the science fiction magazine Starship, Wilson suggested the novel was an attempt to build a myth around Discordianism.
A selection of the material was later reedited and expanded by Thornley and republished in paperback by IllumiNet Press in 1991.
Also has Discordian message boards and other resources. The Semi-Official Quasi-Clandestine Bavarian Illuminati/Discordian Archives An archive of early Discordian documents, photos and paraphernalia. Discordian Saints – 1999 archive from Andrew C.
This appeared in its entirety in Historia Discordia, a book on Discordian history released in spring of 2014. Several other editions have been published by Steve Jackson Games, Ronin Publishing, and others. === Related works === ====The Black Iron Prison==== The Black Iron Prison was an effort to create an updated, modern book that would function as Principia Discordia did when released.
A proposal for the Unicode Consortium to add the hand as a Unicode symbol, along with a symbol for 90377 Sedna, on the basis of existing use of those symbols for the minor planets by certain astrologers and astrological software such as Solar Fire, was filed in 2016 and accepted the same year, releasing with Unicode 11 as . ====The "original snub"==== The "original snub" is the Discordian name for the events preceding the judgement of Paris, although more focus is put on the actions of Eris.
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