- Aneris
In Discordian mythology, Aneris is described as the sister of Eris aka Discordia. Whereas Eris/Discordia is the Goddess of Disorder and Being, Aneris/Harmonia is the Goddess of Order and Non-Being.
"DOGMA III - HISTORY 32, 'COSMOGONY'" in "Principia Discordia", states
:In the beginning there was VOID, who had two daughters; one (the smaller) was that of BEING, named ERIS, and one (the larger) was of NON-BEING, named ANERIS. [http://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/63.php]
The sterile Aneris becomes jealous of Eris (who was born pregnant), and starts making existent things non-existent. This explains why life begins, and later ends in death.
:"And to this day, things appear and disappear in this very manner." [http://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/63.php]
The names of Eris and Aneris (who are later given a brother, Spirituality), are used to show some fundamental Discordian principles in "Psycho-Metaphysics":
:The Aneristic Principle is that of APPARENT ORDER; the Eristic Principle is that of APPARENT DISORDER. Both order and disorder are man made concepts and are artificial divisions of PURE CHAOS, which is a level deeper than is the level of distinction making. [http://www.geocities.com/bloodstar84/pd_metaphysics.html]
See also
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Concordia (Roman Goddess)
*Eris
*Harmonia (Greek goddess)
*Principia Discordia External links
* [http://www.principiadiscordia.com/book/63.php "DOGMA III - HISTORY 32, 'COSMOGONY'"]
* [http://www.geocities.com/bloodstar84/pd_metaphysics.html Psycho-Metaphysics]
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