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Immanentize The Eschaton
Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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last edited by 192.168.1.15 on Aug 8, 2008 1:16 am

Phrase commonly associated with , esp from the [Illuminatus Trilogy].

In The [Illuminati Papers] he explains: Coined by [Eric Voegelin] (who was a political historian), refers to the doctrine that people aren't really as hopelessly mired in [Original Sin] as Christians think. Means "seeking Heaven within this life/universe". Or trying to create Hell on Earth (as the bad guys are trying in the Trilogy).

[David Blanckenhorn] discusses the Voegelin reference (in The New Science of Politics).

Shea and Wilson likely got the concept from the . It's apparent that they don't know the difference between "immanentizing the Eschaton" and "imminentizing the Eschaton". The former means what the above says. The latter is the sense used in the Illuminatus! Trilogy. It means "to cause the end of days".

Immanentize vs imminentize --2003/09/08 23:42 [GMT]
Actually I believe they use it in a double sense, for while in the Illuminatus trilogy the end of days is caused, it is caused according to discordian principles of taking the general absurditity of life with a very serious emphasis, thus both definitions function one as the cause the other as the effect

i vs a --2003/12/04 03:43 [GMT]
or visa? well done immanentizing the concept.

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