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Religion is a cultural system of behaviors and practices, world views, sacred texts, holy places, ethics, and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called "an order of existence".[1] Different religions may or may not contain various elements, ranging from the "divine",[2] "sacred things",[3] "faith",[4] a "supernatural being or supernatural beings"[5] or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life."
a) Thelema
behaviour: doing your true will
practices: searching for your true will
sacred textes: Liber AL vel Legis
holy places: a lot. places in egypt (were Crowley had his inspiration), italy (where crowley founded the abbey) come to my mind
ethics: h omo mensura
societal organisation: alot of diffrent organisations, mainly the OTO
order of existence: the slave shall serve, the kings rule forever. orgasmic pleasure is the highest form of existence.
b) Discordianism
behaviour: doing stuff that appears random and confusing to others
practices: pranks
sacred textes: Principia Discordia
holy places: every place mentioned in the Illuminatus! Trilogy
ethics: "We discordians have to to keep apart for each other" or "a discordian never believes what he reads" or "A discordian never eats a hotdog" or .... there alot of such sentences
societal organisation: church of the subgeniuss and other organisations
order of existence: order is the lowest form of chaos. reality is always more confusing than you can imagine
c) Transhumanism
behaviour: consuming Sci-fi, talking about scientific developement, being open to body enhancements, stuff like this
practices: Biohacking for instance
sacred textes: maybe "the world, the flesh and the devil" (first mentioning of the cyborg idea)
holy places: i dont know any
ethics: go beyond the arbitrary borders of your human existence and beyond the arbitrary borders of mankind
societal organisation: parties and clubs
order of existence: transhumanism is in the tradition of enlightment. Knowledge will grow with time, Knowledge is science and knowledge is power.