Discordianist Wicca (Kabal of the Water Brothers)
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
The Kabal of the Water Brothers follows a mixture of Discordianism and Wicca, making it a Discordian Tradition of Wicca, or simply Discordianist Wicca. But what does this mean? If you ask your average Water Brother any one of them will probably answer "I have no idea. You should probably ask Luniticus seeing as he came up with the term." And then you would come up to me and ask, and I would reply "I have absolutely no idea." To which you would most likely retort, "But didn't you come up with the term?" And then I would say, "Oh! Yeah! I believe I posted it on the Guide too." And then I would tell you to look it up there.
Seeing that this would all be futile, as you obviously already came to the Guide for help on this topic, I suggest that you continue reading instead of asking a Water Brother.
Try and think of an all encompassing force that imbues all of creation with it's power. It allows plants to grow and animals to live. It's power rushes through the flowing river, ridding as one with it's currents. It's majesty inspires humans to great works of art and ingenuity. It's love shines down on us from the sun and bathes us in spring showers. It's wrath obliterates miles with earthquakes, hurricanes, and torrential floods. It's vileness harbors thieves and murderers within it's creation. Wars are fought over the feelings it inspires. And at the same time that it weeps for the dead, it rejoices in the thrill of battle. Sometimes it heals the sick and other times it kills them, and yet sometimes it inflicts suffering upon them without release.
This is the spirit energy that flows through the universe, it contains and represents every emotion conceived by humanity and perhaps more. Pretty big huh? Also pretty impersonal and kinda spooky, just one being that is both good and evil at the same time. Sounds like a superior being we can't comprehend, or a manic depressive. Seeing as our ancestors didn't know about manic depression, they decided on the supreme being bit and broke it down into many aspects in order to understand it better. And so the gods and goddesses were born, each incorporating a different aspect of the Wondrous Spirit.
Most Wiccans dedicate themselves to the aspects of the Wondrous Spirits known to them as the Goddess and the God. The Goddess incorporates all the goddesses as aspects of herselfs and the God incorporates all the gods as aspects of himself. Together the Goddess and the God represent just about every aspect of the Wondrous Spirit, except, perhaps, some hermaphrodite gods and the amoeba gods of the asexual variety.
Discordianist Wiccans believe all that (and not only because we're gullible), but we believe that a person can be much more effective in their reverence of the Wondrous Spirit if they dedicate themselves to just one of it's aspects. That, and the fact that we find some aspects of Wondrous Spirit that are not worth dedicating oneself to (like those of boredom, murder, suffering, you get the idea.) Discordianist Wiccans dedicate themselves to the aspect of creative disorder which we know as Eris.
Discordianist Wicca has the following set up:
On top is it's founder Episkopos Luniticus The Sane -KSC-, Slayer of the Gerkins, All Around Nice Chap (me). I am a completely dictatorial ruler of this sect, except that I never demand anything from my sect, so I might as well not be.
Then come all the Chaplins, who guide their Kabals as first among equals.
The Deacons are brothers who have been a part of a Kabal for over a year.
The Legionnaires are brothers (yes even sisters are called brothers because we don't care about gender and sibling just doesn't sound right) who have been members of a Kabal less than a year.
The difference between Deacons and Legionnaires is that Deacons get cool lines in the rituals, mostly because they have done them before and know when to say them.
Discordianist Wicca's head temple is the Corcega Manor in Rincón, Puerto Rico, managed by the Kabal of the Water Brothers. Discordianist Wicca has not registered, incorporated, or otherwise chartered with the State, and so the State does not recognize Discordianist Wicca or their Chaplins, which is only fair, because we don't recognize the State.
Seeing that this would all be futile, as you obviously already came to the Guide for help on this topic, I suggest that you continue reading instead of asking a Water Brother.
Try and think of an all encompassing force that imbues all of creation with it's power. It allows plants to grow and animals to live. It's power rushes through the flowing river, ridding as one with it's currents. It's majesty inspires humans to great works of art and ingenuity. It's love shines down on us from the sun and bathes us in spring showers. It's wrath obliterates miles with earthquakes, hurricanes, and torrential floods. It's vileness harbors thieves and murderers within it's creation. Wars are fought over the feelings it inspires. And at the same time that it weeps for the dead, it rejoices in the thrill of battle. Sometimes it heals the sick and other times it kills them, and yet sometimes it inflicts suffering upon them without release.
This is the spirit energy that flows through the universe, it contains and represents every emotion conceived by humanity and perhaps more. Pretty big huh? Also pretty impersonal and kinda spooky, just one being that is both good and evil at the same time. Sounds like a superior being we can't comprehend, or a manic depressive. Seeing as our ancestors didn't know about manic depression, they decided on the supreme being bit and broke it down into many aspects in order to understand it better. And so the gods and goddesses were born, each incorporating a different aspect of the Wondrous Spirit.
Most Wiccans dedicate themselves to the aspects of the Wondrous Spirits known to them as the Goddess and the God. The Goddess incorporates all the goddesses as aspects of herselfs and the God incorporates all the gods as aspects of himself. Together the Goddess and the God represent just about every aspect of the Wondrous Spirit, except, perhaps, some hermaphrodite gods and the amoeba gods of the asexual variety.
Discordianist Wiccans believe all that (and not only because we're gullible), but we believe that a person can be much more effective in their reverence of the Wondrous Spirit if they dedicate themselves to just one of it's aspects. That, and the fact that we find some aspects of Wondrous Spirit that are not worth dedicating oneself to (like those of boredom, murder, suffering, you get the idea.) Discordianist Wiccans dedicate themselves to the aspect of creative disorder which we know as Eris.
Discordianist Wicca has the following set up:
On top is it's founder Episkopos Luniticus The Sane -KSC-, Slayer of the Gerkins, All Around Nice Chap (me). I am a completely dictatorial ruler of this sect, except that I never demand anything from my sect, so I might as well not be.
Then come all the Chaplins, who guide their Kabals as first among equals.
The Deacons are brothers who have been a part of a Kabal for over a year.
The Legionnaires are brothers (yes even sisters are called brothers because we don't care about gender and sibling just doesn't sound right) who have been members of a Kabal less than a year.
The difference between Deacons and Legionnaires is that Deacons get cool lines in the rituals, mostly because they have done them before and know when to say them.
Discordianist Wicca's head temple is the Corcega Manor in Rincón, Puerto Rico, managed by the Kabal of the Water Brothers. Discordianist Wicca has not registered, incorporated, or otherwise chartered with the State, and so the State does not recognize Discordianist Wicca or their Chaplins, which is only fair, because we don't recognize the State.
