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Santeria and Caribbean spiritualism is cool I guess, being syncretic and theosophic by nature means you don't really need to be initiated to practice, and you can just kind of passively practice what works for you, which is, yeah, p cool. The Cemi is dope I guess lol

Also 420 420 praise Eris where the discordians at
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@Darcs I'm not, but what is Discordian? I'm guessing it has to do with following Eris, but past that?
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@Rogue Colm Basically a philosophy centering around the subjectivity of reality, and how one should live a life in which they think entirely for themselves, while remembering that everything is random, and having fun is your own responsibility. Eris is the personification of the random nature of the universe, and all the forces we can't won't shouldn't don't want to would rather not want to or are maybe just 'eh' about and don't really think it would behoove us to understand.

I think you could sum the philosophy as "Everything is random, the self, truth and existence are subjective and poorly defined, so try to have fun and live with imagination. Or don't. Do whatever-- praise Eris."


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Wanted to share this with those of you who are/were interested in Norse paganism. These are some excerpts from random stuff.

The riddle of Gestumblindi

"Who are the twain
that on ten feet run?
three eyes they have,
but only one tail.
All right guess now
this riddle, Heithrek!"

"Good is thy riddle, Gestumblindi,
and guessed it is:
that is Odin riding on Sleipnir."


The clue here is that Sleipnir is a horse with 8 legs. It's Óðinn's horse, so he rides on it. So why do they have 3 eyes? Because Óðinn gave up one of his eyes to gain the wisdom of the world.

Gestaþáttr
Deyr fé, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr et sama;
ek veit einn, at aldri deyr:
dómr um dauðan hvern.

If you translate it it means something along the lines of

Your cattle dies, your friends die, even you yourself die,
I know one thing, that never dies,
the judgement of a dead mans' life.

So this is really about the moral aspects of living ones life (along the rules of the Hávamál as that is where this is from). It's the same as 'memento mori' reminding people that everyone one day dies, but the judgement that Óðinn passes on you and decides whether you go to Valhalla or not never dies. So remember to live your life dutifully along the rules of Óðinn's rules (which aren't rules, but more like guidelines.)

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