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I'm new here, so please be kind if I haven't fully acclimatized.
I run Discordian.com, and do Discordian ritual. Sometimes this ritual is more general but done in Discordian groups (I run a Discordian convention every year; some of the rituals have been sort of general ritual lite for people who aren't super occulty), and sometimes it is ritual using a Discordian paradigm (we did a greyface banishing for example).
Anyone else here doing ritual using the Discordian paradigm? I've been reading through old threads here on Discordianism, and I understand that a lot of people here haven't seen much new and exciting coming out of Discordianism in a while. I'm doing my best to do new and interesting things with Eris (cuz she likes it like that), but even I haven't met all that many other esoteric Discordians.
About half the Discordians I've met are atheists and agnostics and get into Discordianism for the philosophy and in-jokes, so it's no surprise that the occultism isn't exactly overflowing. Still, I think there's some interesting Discordian ritual and magic(k) to be made and shared, and I'd love to hear any stories you might share here.
One of my favorite Discordian rituals that I did was several years ago at PantheaCon, a large pagan convention. It was a public ritual open to anyone at the con, so it was more introspective and less magical in purpose. We did a ritual greyface banishing, specifically to try to banish the part of ourselves that takes things too seriously and inflexibly. I did a pagan-y element invocation using modern implements (lighter, leatherman, etc.) and then two people narrated different greyface stories: hipster irony greyface who never manages to enjoy anything for real, and ritually correct greyface who declares ritual useless unless exactly the right shade of blue was used for the robes. Then they invoked these greyfaces, and we divided the ritual participants in half, and each half was tasked with making their respective greyfaces laugh as a method of banishment. When the greyfaces finally laughed, we popped large balloons to signify the popping of the overinflated ego that leads to this. Then I gave people ritual bubblewrap (soo pleased with myself on this one!) with the suggestion that they can do this themselves when they notice an awfully grey tinge to their own skin.
The best in Discordian ritual that I've done (I haven't been to anyone else's, just the ones I've done) seems to be somewhat light on actual magic(k) since so many Discordians aren't heavy occultists, but still personally transformative. I like using kind of silly methods to belie serious purpose, a sort of slipping in of intent behind the conscious objecting mind.
Anyways, I'd love to hear other people's perspectives on this. |
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