Discordian Sects
The Beautiful Chaos of Organized Disorganization
What is a Discordian Sect?
In Discordianism, sects (also called "cabals" or "covens") are groups of Discordians who have banded together around a particular interpretation, practice, or comedic focus within the broader Discordian tradition.
Unlike other religions where sects often form due to disagreements, Discordian sects celebrate the diversity of chaos. Each sect is equally valid, equally absurd, and equally holy.
The Phantom Ledger
Sects that exist but have not registered with the Temple. The Society maintains that registration is administrative; existence is not. The Phantom Ledger is therefore also a ledger of sects, equally valid, equally absurd, equally holy.
The Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric (POEE)
The original Discordian sect, founded by Mal-2 himself. POEE is devoted to the worship of Eris and the promulgation of Discordian philosophy. Their symbol is the Sacred Chao. They have not registered with the Temple, on the grounds that the Temple did not exist at their founding. The Society accepts this argument.
The Erisian Liberation Front (ELF)
Dedicated to "Operation Mindfuck" — the practice of causing others to question their assumptions about reality through creative pranks, hoaxes, and culture jamming. Refuses registration on operational-security grounds.
The Legion of Dynamic Discord (LDD)
The LDD focuses on active participation in the world, seeking to spread discord through direct action and engagement with the Aneristic forces of order. Application to register is pending; the Society notes that the application has been pending since 1969.
The Bavarian Illuminati
Either a vast global conspiracy controlling world events, or a Discordian joke taken too far, or both, or neither. Nobody is quite sure, which is rather the point. Registration presumed denied; presumption may be incorrect.
The Order of the Pineapple
A breakaway Discordian sect that maintained that the Trojan apple was, in fact, a pineapple. The Order has been on bad terms with mainstream Discordianism on this point for over fifty years. The Society notes that bad terms are also terms.
The Cabal of Wednesday
A small, devoted cabal whose only doctrine is that everything observed on a Wednesday is doctrinally significant, and everything observed on any other day is not. Members keep a Wednesday journal. The Society does not.
The Subcommittee on Subcommittees
A cabal devoted entirely to forming sub-committees within itself. Currently has more committees than members. Has registered with the Temple seventeen times; each registration was processed by a different sub-committee, none of which informed the others.
The Whispered Members
A cabal whose membership is determined by who, in the past month, has whispered the word "kallisti" to themselves at least once. No formal roster; the cabal updates itself. Statistically, several thousand members; none of them know they have joined.
The Greyface Detection League
A cabal dedicated to identifying and cataloguing the Greyfaces. The Society notes, with some delicacy, that the League's catalog has grown to include most of its own membership. Whether the League is a Discordian cabal or a Greyface trap remains an open question.
For Temple-registered cabals (which exist in a different sense), see below.
Found Your Own Sect
As a Pope, you have the divine authority to found your own sect. There are no restrictions, no approval processes, and no membership minimums. Your sect is legitimate the moment you declare it to be so.
The Society reminds you: every sect is automatically in both conflict and harmony with every other sect. This is not a bug.
Enter the Temple or Become a Pope to found a sect.
Registered Sects
Sorted by membership. Click any sect to view, join, or leave.
"We Discordians must stick apart."
— The Principia Discordia