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Summary: Chaos versus not
Review: Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between religion and a bad joke. This tome is superficially a joke (I think), yet manages to make very legitimate points about the need not to take ourselves (and our religion) too seriously.
Whether you're considering Discord herself, or the coyote of Native American myths, or the Fool of the Tarot, there is clearly a need for absurdity, innocence, and playfulness, which is missing from mainstream philosophies. This book is a delightful dose of absurdity!
- the Bavarian Illuminati
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Summary: Ahh Insanity
Review: This book is for those who walk around malls looking for skitzos just to see what they say to there invisible friends. People who find buying a dead bird and placing it in a cage because birds make to much noise some what funny...or best yet in the words of mark twain, when a dog is barking you state "I wish I owned half that dog" when people ask you why only half you respond with the obvious answer "Because I would kill my half."
Yes, this book as that rare sence of confusion, insanity, and just plain silliness that everyone needs in life. Personaly, I find it to be a pretty funny book and recommend it if you like that sorta thing. In conclusion, I met a wise man, and he told me the secret of the universe. Upon hearing the secret I quickly bought a chocolate bar and said yum! While eating the chocolately goodness I fell in a ditch a died.
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Summary: AHHHHH Insanity
Review: You will enjoy this book if you find things like buying a dead bird because it doesn't make any noise somewhat amusing. I believe prime exsamples of people who like this sort of comedy are also people who see mental patients at malls talking to themselves and trys to listen to what the guys saying to there invisible friends. Its twisted, its strange, and I can litteraly feel my IQ dropping untill it hurts while reading it. But I love it anyhow. In conclusion. I met a wise man, and he told me the secret of life, after he told me, I bought a milk choclate candy bar and said yum, but apon savoring the chocolatey goodness. I feel in a ditch and died.
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Summary: The book is funny joke.
Review: Couple years ago I would give this book 5 stars. Now it seems kinda silly. The book is funny and does a good job in loosening a reader's grip on reality. It even contains some good ideas. But the book does not live up to its ambitions to be a "holy book with a profound spiritual wisdom". Treat this book as a good joke and get some laughs but do not expect much more than that.
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Summary: This explains everything.
Review: Read this while standing on your head and consult your Pineal gland for further details. That is all. Fnord.
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Summary: FNORD!!!
Review: I have been mildly discordain for months when I finaly ordered Principia Discordia and my world began to come into a strange focus and the fun thing is I am spreading it around. Whenever I leave the book visable people must borrow it from me. Remember king kong died for your sins.
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Summary: Masterpiece in the Tradition of American Zen
Review: This book can be seen on many levels, it can be seen as silly humor (which it is), it can be seen as social satire (which it is), it can even be seen as a religious work (which it is) but most of all what I see it as is a work of American Zen, to truely apreciate this aspect of it one may have to read it many times, but each time you read it expect to burst out in laughter (this laughter is just part of the illumination.)Best Enjoyed with a Hot Dog on a Friday
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Summary: Surprised this rates so highly
Review: Purely tongue and cheek, this "book" makes little sense - but then again, it isn't supposed to. If you're into camp, whimsy and reading books that are hardly coherent, this one may be for you. In which case I can suggest the "Illuminati Trilogy" and "Infinite Jest" depending on your preferred flavor of meandering and incoherence. I, personally, do not think this book is about philosophy or religion unless you consider not being about anything defaulting into being religious or philosophical. I gave it two stars because, although I found it annoyingly silly, I can see why some others may like it. If you want my personal opinion, one star. I am definitely not religious and only delve into the philosophical until it becomes an article of faith and no longer debatable. Oh, and you can download the book in its entirety from the internet (Microsoft Word format). Whoever formatted the downloadable version went through some serious formatting pains considering how unorthodox the book's layout it.
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Summary: What is the sound of a Golden Worm eating the Golden Apple?
Review: A fool was sitting with a jar of hot peppers, eating them one by one. He was clearly in misery, his skin was flushed and his eyes were watering, yet he kept on eating peppers. Fascinated, the Angel of Accord came up to him and asked him why he kept on eating peppers. "I'm looking for a sweet one," replied the fool. This goes to prove he was the greatest of the Discordian Saints.
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Summary: DEEP SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
Review: I have always found this to be a fount of strength, a deeply moving work of spiritual strength and esoteric insight. My favourite passage is "The Epistle To The Paranoids" by Lord Omar, although only the orthodox version appears here. According to the Samaritan codex there is a further (lost) verse which reads: "Ye build high buildings, only to cast yeself from the roofs." The same codex also contains "The Epistle To The Neurotics" by St. Euthanasius which sadly didn't make it into this edition. These minor gripes aside, I do recommend this work to all those who are searching for a truly personal spirituality and guidance for making sense of life, the universe and everything. A very inspiring work that ought to be appreciated by people of all faiths and persuasions, including atheists.
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