The Hodge-Podge
The Podge of the
Sacred Chao
is symbolized as The Golden Apple of Discordia,
which represents the Eristic Principle of Disorder. The writing on it,
``KALLISTI'' is Greek for ``TO THE PRETTIEST ONE'' and refers to an old myth about
The Goddess. But the Greeks had only a limited understanding of Disorder, and
thought it to be a negative principle.
The Pentagon represents the Aneristic Principle of Order and symbolizes the
Hodge. The Pentagon has several references; for one, it can be taken to
represent geometry, one of the earliest studies of formal order to reach
elaborate development;
for another, it specifically accords with the
Law of Fives.
It is also the shape of the United States Military Headquarters, the Pentagon
Building, a most pregnant manifestation of straightjacket order resting on a
firm foundation of chaos and constantly erupting into dazzling disorder (the
Hodge-Podge Transformer
illustrates how order and disorder can be transformed into each other); and
this building is one of our more cherished Erisian Shrines. Also it so happens
that in times of medieval magic, the pentagon was the generic symbol for
werewolves, but this reference is not particularly intended and it should be
noted that the Erisian Movement does not discriminate against werewolves -- our
membership roster is open to persons of all races, national origins and
hobbies.
The truth is five but men have only one name for it. -- Patamunzo
Lingananda