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One of the 1960s counterculture's most fascinating characters was Kerry Wendell Thornley -- a writer, philosopher, Zen dishwasher, enlightened prankster, and, possibly, an Oswald double with disturbing ties to the Kennedy assassination. A lifelong provocateur, Thornley was linked to many... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kerry Thornley: A bright student who dropped out of college and served in the Marines with Lee Harvey Oswald -- holy names and titles include Bull Goose of Limbo and Ho Chi Zen
- Greg Hill: A elfin iconoclast who revived the ancient religion of Eris-worship or Discordianism with his friend Kerry -- holy names include Malaclypse the Younger
- Bob Wilson: An editor at "Playboy" who became a major force in the Discordian movement fnord --holy names include Mordecai the Foul
- Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst: A Marine who served 10 years without being promoted past the rank of private; wore size 6 combat boots
- Lee Harvey Oswald: Kerry Thornley was the closest this moody loner had to a friend in the Marines; he was learning Russian and studying Marx while serving, so the other guys in their unit called him "Oswaldkovitch"
- Jim Garrison: Add a description of this character.
- Kennedy
- Louise Lacey
- Cara
- Gary Kirstein
- Dick
- David Ferrie
- Becky Glaser
- Barbara Reid
- Frank
- Robert Anton Wilson
- Jamison
- Heindel
- Lifton
- Lee Oswald
- Norton
- Jack
- Clay Shaw
- Nash
- Grace
- Eris
- Slim Brooks
- E. Howard Hunt
- Watson
- Guy Banister
- Hitler
- Tom
- Broshears
Quotes edit
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“Among Zen Buddhists it is said, 'When you greet another bodhisattva on the road, greet him with neither words nor silence.' That leaves you with a vast selection of barnyard noises from which to choose.”
Kerry Thornley -
“The INSANE are the overt psychotics -- the people in mental institutions, or the people who are likely to wind up there if they aren't very careful, or very lucky. The SANE are the repressed psychotics -- the people who are deeply threatened by crazy thinking, and whom therefore indirectly or directly maintain our rigid system of psychological discrimination. The OUTSANE are the inverse psychotics -- the people who know how to make psychosis work for them...Enlightening never strikes the same place twice.”
Kerry Thornley -
“Without faith we might relapse into rational thinking.”
Author
First Sentence edit
Kerry Wendell Thornley-the hero of our story-was born on April 17, 1938, to Helen and Kenneth Thornley.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword: The Monster In The Labyrinth, by Robert Anton Wilson
Introduction: Great Conspiracy Theorists Think Alike!
Timeline
Chapter 1: Free-Thinking Nerd
Chapter 2: A Few Good Men
Chapter 3: Idle Author
Chapter 4: Discordian Interlude
Chapter 5: Star Witness
Chapter 6: Sex, Drugs, and Treason
Chapter 7: Tales Of The Jolly Green Giant
Chapter 8: Bit Players
Chapter 9: Framed In Red?
Chapter 10: Lee Harvey Doppelganger
Chapter 11: The Roselli/Thornley Connection
Chapter 12: Operation Mindfuck and the Bavarian Illuminati
Chapter 13: Dreadlock Recollections
Chapter 14: Is Paranoia A Higher State Of Awareness?
Chapter 15: Stan Jamison, Brother Ray, and Good Ol' Doc Stanley
Chapter 16: Letters From The Edge
Chapter 17: Black Helicopters Over Tampa
Chapter 18: Discordian Interlude
Chapter 19: Zen and the Art of Dishwashing
Chapter 20: The Fallen Idols of Discord
Chapter 21: Where Have All the Discordians Gone? (The Passage of Omar and Mal-2)
Afterword: Synchronicities A-Plenty!
Notes
Sources
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: A Partial List of Discordian Conspirators (In Alphabetical Disorder)
Appendix 2: Images
Authors & Contributors edit
- Adam Gorightly (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Robert Anton Wilson (Foreword)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.10973
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsFine for teens or adults, unless you are afraid of your children absorbing unconventional ideas.
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