Ommiterre Libellus - Principia Discordia

Dictum Nineteen
So, WhereIs NOT theUniverse?
1 The universe is a donut (a torus), and the land of Thud, wherever the Universe can exist, is a hollowed
sphere. Outside of the Universe are planes of existence for entities that live in more than five dimensions.
What we often refer to as goddesses. These entities have energy but they have no mass. This is what
makes them immaterial. Having no mass, their energy level corresponds to E = c 2 . Other rules apply
outside the land of Thud, these are not fot Thuddites to know. The Universe in itself is a finite but not a
closed system. It exists besides other finite and not closed system. Although these system usually exist
independently of one another, influence of one on the other are possible.
2 In the beginning, Thud existed unified. We could call this state, a Tao without a Te. Perfection. No
flaws but ... totally useless. The goddesses, being by nature a curious bunch, wondered what made that
chaos perfect. So the goddesses visited the land of Thud. The godesses' intrusion upon the land of Thud
disturbed the balance. Fragmentation occured. The land of Thud could no longer be defined as perfection.
From then on, it had to be defined as according to its components (Tao) and their position (Te). Time
started ticking, space started to expand. However, nothing was gained, nothing was lost, it was merely
rearranged, thoroughly rearranged. As such, it still remains perfect and whole, as long as it can be
examined fully across spacetime. Only entities existing in more than five dimensions can examine the
whole five dimensions and realise their perfection. Just like a two dimensional drawing cannot examine
itself, but can be fully grasped by a human existing in five dimensions.
3 The godesses were surprised at the consequences of their actions. They has messed with the prime
directive and now were afraid somebody might notice. They wanted to "repair" what they had done. To
eliminate the Te within the land of Thud and bring it back to a unified Tao. However, they could not act
on the land of Thud without visiting the land of Thud and their visits only served to further disturb the
initial balance they attempted to recreate.
4 Some came to accept this new state of the land of Thud as an act of creation. They baptised it the
Universe, they resorted to no longer visit it and to let it be of its own device. Feeling their actions had
already produced enough unexpected consequences. They concluded that perfection can not be any other
way than perfect and that this new Universe was no more no less perfect than the one that existed before
their mingling with it, just different.