- Discordian works
Discordian works include the
Principia Discordia , first published in 1965 (which includes portions of "The Honest Book of Truth"); andThe Illuminatus! Trilogy , which had its first volume published in 1975.umma Universalia
The Summa Universalia was another work by
Malaclypse the Younger , purported to be a summary of the Universe. It was excerpted in the first edition of the "Principia" but never published. It was mentioned in an introduction to one of the "Principia" editions, and its name is mentioned in the first edition. ["By no means is the Principia our only scripture. All along Greg has been writing what he says is a summary of the Universe, but evidently it will be quite some time before he completes it." Thornley, Kerry: "Principia Discordia", page ix. Illuminet Press, 1991. As quoted at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tilt/principia/intro5.html.] [Malaclypse and Ravenhurst: "Principia Discordia", pages 2, 10, A14. As found at http://appendix.23ae.com/pd1/17.html , http://appendix.23ae.com/pd1/25.html , http://appendix.23ae.com/pd1/14.html .]The Honest Book of Truth
As well as the Summa Universalia, the
Principia Discordia also included selections fromKerry Wendell Thornley 's writings, which he named "The Honest Book of Truth". These sections are clearly marked, and are subtitled inparody of thebible 's books.The following are the known "books" within "The Honest Book of Truth":
*The Book of Explanations
*The Book of Predictions
*The Book of Advice
*The Book of Gooks
*The Gospel According to Fred
*The Epistle to the Paranoids
*The Book of Uterus
*The Indoctrine of the Pineal GlandSelections from this work can also be found within
The Illuminatus! Trilogy , [Shea, Robert and Wilson, Robert Anton: "The Illuminatus! Trilogy", pages 7, 141, 217, 657. Dell Publishing, 1988] .References
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