MASS OF CHAOS ‘H’

Fra. Fellatio 69, Temple Bah!

This short ‘rite’ can be used as an ‘earthing’ sequence to close off a ‘heavy’

group session. Its aim is to promote laughter by exposing the perils of selfimportance.

Discordians have long identified Harpo Marx as a contemporary avatar of

Harpocrates, the God of Silence. Harpo is Lord of Silence, trickster and sacred

clown.

Preparation

Priest to take on manifestation of HARPO may be adorned with woolly wig,

top hat, and horn. Any other props for the use of the god may be placed on the

altar, such as a feather duster or tickling stick.

Statement of Intent

It is our will to invoke HARPO, Sacred Fool and Lord of Silent Mockery, that

the glamours of magic be dispersed, and Laughing Anarchy enter our hearts.

Priest: “Let the pomposity begin.”

Celebrants then proceed to strut about the room, making self-important

proclamations about the ‘serious’ and ‘holy’ paths of magic, and attest loudly

that, as magi, they should be admired and respected by all.

As the celebrants do this, the Priest, in the center of the room, begins to prance

and whirl about, making appropriate gestures and faces (visualizing himself as

Harpo) until the avatar, drawn to a space where so much pomposity and selfimportance

is evident, chooses to manifest.

As the Priest feels the avatar come upon him, he brandishes the horn and gives

the litany:

Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk, Honk (ad infinitum)

Upon hearing the sound of the horn, all celebrants must ‘freeze’ into statues of

pomposity and self-importance. HARPO then has free reign to play whatever

tricks and capers he will, his aim being to reduce the assembly to laughter. An

effective way of doing this is, when Harpo’s ministrations has forced one

person to ‘crack up’ into laughter, they assist him in teasing and mocking the

celebrants, until the whole assembly is laughing.

The rite may end here, or alternatively, Harpo may choose to deliver a

sacrament in some fashion. If a Banishing is required, the Priest should be

divested of his props, and coaxed from silence into speech.