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.
New to cabal-founding? The Holy See publishes a complete eight-step guide in The Pope's Handbook — zero of the steps are strictly necessary.
Enter the Temple or Become a Pope to found a sect.
Registered Sects
Sorted by membership. Click any sect to view, join, or leave.
Order of Pineapple Jam on Hot Dogs
You know
1 members · Est. Aug 2026
The Order of Lesbian Fathers
Being who I am .
1 members · Est. Aug 2026
FU1066
We want the Norman's to apologise for stealing Britain in 1066, and the persecution of us peasants ever since.
Our voices have been silenced to long.
Any negative energy please send their way, yes it is the 'royals' a…
1 members · Est. Aug 2026
Order of the Flavored Souls [OFO]
We believe everyone has a flavored soul, and that buttons are good. Like, lots of buttons. A nuu cheekie breeki iv damke!
1 members · Est. Jul 2026
The Curt Cucumbers of Colder Coodledale
We are many. We are unkown. We are Cucumbers. Just like a pope, every human-being may be a cucumber. Because if your favorite number of the alphabet is green in a spicy desert pool, then you are a Cucumber. you must have…
1 members · Est. Jul 2026
Banning of the Tubs
We stand against non in-ground Bathtubs, except when we don't (which is sometimes)
1 members · Est. Jun 2026
THE ORDER OF THE HUNTERS OF THE CONDEMNED
1 members · Est. Jun 2026
The Cheshire Cat Cabal
Focused primarily on viewing the world through the Discordian lens of the Cheshire Cat of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Focused secondarily on enjoying a darn good cup of coffee or tea. Not at all Focused on makin…
1 members · Est. May 2026
"We Discordians must stick apart."
— The Principia Discordia