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==Discordianism== | ==Discordianism== | ||
The Principia Discordia states that "All things happen in fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to 5"—this is referred to as the Law of Fives. The 23 Enigma is regarded as a corollary of this law, since 2 + 3 = 5. The Discordian concept of "pure chaos" may be compared to the noumenon described by Plato and Kant. It can be seen in Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's The Illuminatus! Trilogy (therein called the "23/17 phenomenon"), Wilson's Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (therein called "The Law of fives" and "The 23 Enigma"). In these works, 23 is considered lucky, unlucky, sinister, strange, or sacred to the goddess Eris or to the unholy gods of the Cthulhu Mythos.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma 23 Enigma]</ref> | The Principia Discordia states that "All things happen in fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to 5"—this is referred to as the Law of Fives. The 23 Enigma is regarded as a corollary of this law, since 2 + 3 = 5. The Discordian concept of "pure chaos" may be compared to the noumenon described by Plato and Kant. It can be seen in Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's The Illuminatus! Trilogy (therein called the "23/17 phenomenon"), Wilson's Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (therein called "The Law of fives" and "The 23 Enigma"). In these works, 23 is considered lucky, unlucky, sinister, strange, or sacred to the goddess Eris or to the unholy gods of the Cthulhu Mythos.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma 23 Enigma]</ref> | ||
==Meaning of 23== | |||
In [[Aleister Crowley]]'s Cabalistic Dictionary, he defines the number 23 as the number of "parting, removal, separation, joy, a thread, and life..." | |||
The twenty-third hexagram of the I-Ching is translated as Splitting Apart. | |||
The second and third operations of Alchemy are Dissolution and Separation, respectively. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||