-1-ABOUT THE DISCORDIAN SOCIETY The Discordian Society is a group of people with a common bond, that of DISCORD. It is quite true that all men inherrently manifest discord (as all men inherrently manifest order; the two principles being in eternal conflict--which is itself discordant); but The Discordian Society refers to an elite population, certainly not just anybody. There are three Discordian Movements about us (note 1), and hence, three sorts of Discordians: The ERISTESQUIANS, The ERISTICS, and The ERISIANS. It is this latter group, The Erisian Movement, that represents the esoteric, religious fold that is dedicated to True Wisdom, which they (and only they) realize can only be found in The Erisian Mysteries. Consequently, it is The Erisian Movement over which we are most concerned. Besides, nobody but the Erisians even know about the others anyway; so you have to study The Mysteries to find out much of anything in the first place. The Principia Discordia is the official handbooke of the Erisian Movement; and together with the various Holy Works and some of the Epistles and All That, it will quietly, but exhaustively, explain everything that is worth knowing. In the words of one of the Apostles Of Eris, Discordeaux (Jean The Eristentionalist): "Gorf stlikkter heenoc queslipper flix." (note 2) So we shall begin by explaining the disorganization of the Society--in all its glory detail--taking each part and sub-part and sub-sub-part in its turn; and we guarantee that any soul who finishes the workwhiliwill have reached, to some degree, the Divine State of Chaos. Hold the foregoing TABLE OF DISORGANIZATION in one hand, the PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA in one hand (turn pages with the other hand)...and welcome to the Erisian Mysteries.