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Welcome to the Black Iron Prison Wiki Project.

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The Black Iron Prison is an effort to revisit Discordia in written form. The general consensus, if it can be called that, was that while the original Principia Discordia holds important messages and philosophies, we wondered if some of the humor and language might be dated and lost on a younger generation of Discordians. We wanted to crystalize some of our favorite themes from the Principia, those of radical free will and self-emancipation. Also, we are all egotistical blowhards who like to see our thoughts in print.

The themes vary but they generally deal with encouraging critical thinking and self awareness as a hammer that can bash the shit out of anything in the known universe. The basic math is that the more frequently people develop their critical thinking skills, the better it is for everybody involved.

If you've never read the Black Iron Prison, check it out here. There is also a PDF version for download and print here.

The Black Iron Prison has become a powerful symbol to us. It is a constant reminder to "Think For Yourself, Shmuck!" This meme has grown and evolved and birthed several other projects, including OMGASM, a Discordian networking tool.

And so that is where we are today. That is the logistics of it. We encourage you to download the pamphlet and read it. But don't just read it, think about it. Share it with your friends and family. And then, join the fray!

1 Active Projects
2 The Library
3 Downloads
4 Common Questions

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Active Projects

Intermittens - It's a Discordian Magazine don't you know.

The OMGASM - Our current project - an attempt to network Discordians and share resources with other cabals.

Lollercaust - a work in progress, apparently it's supposed to be funny

Task List - a list of stuff that needs to be done!

The Nessies Internal Wiki could use a whole lotta love, and even more tentacles.

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The Library

BIP Table Of Contents - we host the Black Iron Prison essays here, but the "official" version is hosted at PrincipaDiscordia.com
Bare Minimum BIP (a SSOOKN product)
Literature - This is where a lot of rants, sermons, essays, and other relevant texts are housed
One Sentence Meme Bombs - these are brainstormed by the spags at PD.com from the epic One Sentence Meme Bomb thread
Resources
Quotes relating to the Black Iron Prison
The Shrapnel Project
Open Source Map
POEEcasts
The Golden Sphere of Possibility - a similar but slightly brighter metaphor married to the BIP
Apple Talk Dialogues A collection of several of the dialogues (also known as the "Psycho Letters").
2010 in Review - This is what PD was up to in 2010