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                               "And behold, thusly was the Law formulated:
                               IMPOSITION OF ORDER = ESCALATION OF DISORDER!"
                                       HBT; The Gospel According to Fred, 1:6
       
       THE FIVE ORDERS OF DISCORDIA ("THEM")
                                                Gen. Pandaemonium, commanding
       
       The seeds of the ORDERS OF DISCORDIA were planted by Greyface into his 
       early disciples.  They form the skeleton of the Aneristic Movement, 
       which over-emphasizes the Principle of Order and is antagonistic to 
       the necessary compliment, the Principle of Disorder.  The Orders are 
       composed of persons all hung up on authority, security, and control; 
       i.e., they are blinded by the Aneristic Illusion.  They do not know 
       that they belong to the Orders of Discordia.  But _we_ know.
       
       1.  THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE FIVE-SIDED TEMPLE.  This 
       is for all of the soldiers and bureaucrats of the world.
       2.  THE POLITICAL ORDER OF THE PARTY FOR WAR ON EVIL.  This is 
       reserved for lawmakers, censors, and like ilk.
       3.  THE ACADEMIC ORDER OF THE HEMLOCK FELLOWSHIP.  They commonly 
       inhabit schools and universities, and dominate many of them.
       4.  THE SOCIAL ORDER OF THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS.  
       This is mostly a grass-roots version of the more professional 
       military, political, academic, and sacred Orders.
       5.  THE SACRED ORDER OF THE DEFAMATION LEAGUE.  Not much is known 
       about the DL, but they are very ancient and quite possibly were 
       founded by Greyface himself.  It is known that they now have absolute 
       domination over all organized churches in the world.  It is also 
       believed that they have been costuming cabbages and passing them off 
       as human beings.
       
             Don't let               A person belonging to one or more Order
              T H E M                is just as likely to carry a flag of the
            immanentize              counter-establishment as the flag of the
                the                  establishment -- just as long as it is
             Eschaton                a flag.                                          
       
       [Illustration:  a pentagon]     HIP-2-3-4, HIP-2-3-4          MILITARY
                                       GO TO YOUR LEFT-RIGHT...