Discordian

A practitioner of Discordianism. Also known by the synonym “Erisian” (i.e., worshipper of the Greek Goddess Eris; pronounced “eh-REE-zhen”, where zh represents the sound in the middle of fusion and pleasure).

Discordians are somewhere on the border between being Chaotes and being Neopagans – they have the unstructured looseness of Chaotes, the Goddess-worship of Pagans, and the levity of both groups. Indeed, Discordians may be the only group that takes things even less seriously than the Chaotes; their penchant for doing so with shiny objects and laughter rather than black clothing and cynical mockery makes it all the more obvious.

Indeed, some people think the Discordians are all levity and nothing else – an impression that’s not helped by the rutabagas. Discordians who are seeking a true connection to the Divine in the form of Discordia or Eris don’t seem sufficiently annoyed with the rutabagas to to deny that they’re also Discordians, and they don’t seem sufficiently organized to present a more spiritual side of Discordianism – they’re too busy actually doing it.

Discordians have no particular symbol that they tend to wear, but they do usually think highly of the Golden Apple, the Sacred Chao (pronounced “cow”), and the word kallisti (καλλιστη; “for the fairest”).