Eris vs. Pluto and the Aztec Calendar
Discordianism: a belief and reverence for chaos versus order; embracing the chaos that is life.
The dwarf planet most well known is Pluto, named for the god of death, but it is not the only one in our solar system. Another is Eris, named for the goddess of chaos. The goddess Eris is revered by Discordians, as a sort of patroness deity. (Eris is the one who threw the apple labeled ‘for the prettiest’ [kallisti] into the party of Greek/Roman gods, causing a stir between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.)
According to this discussion on Wikipedia, Eris will be closer to the Sun than Pluto in approximately 800 years. What will that mean, philosophically? Will everyone stop aging and dying in favor of chaos, or even age in the opposite direction as in the Curious Case of Benjamin Button? That seems like the kind of thing Eris would do. Being, you know, embodied Chaos.
And moreover, will this ever even get a chance to happen? Or will we all die on Sunday, December 20, 2012? That day is, of course, the day the Mayan calendar ends. Have you thought about that recently?
No, really. If you were going to die on December 20th, 2012.
Depressing thought, isn’t it.
And here I am, putting more stock in an ancient Mayan calendar than the Catholic church, who says the world will end every ten years or something.
I love/hate reading about this stuff… Makes me feel like I should forget my student loans and travel the world or something
I’d love that, but I have no money. :/
This pretty much came up because a group of my friends were having this discussion about what we would do if we all died on that day and no one had any idea. P: