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 Kerry Thornley Kerry Wendell Thornley ( April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. Events 1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him...
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1998) is perhaps best-known as the co-founder (along with childhood friend Gregory Hill) of Discordianism has been described as both an elaborate joke disguised as a religion and a religion disguised as an elaborate joke. Some of its followers make the claim that it is a religion disguised as a joke disguised as a religion. It can be viewed as a simple rejection of...
Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst. He and Hill authored the religion's seminal text The Principia Discordia is the primary sacred scripture of the Discordian religion. The full title of the fourth and most popular edition is PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA or How I Found Goddess And What I Did To Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate Of Malaclypse The Younger, Wherein is Explained...
Principia Discordia. Less known is a series of Zenarchy articles written for Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson or R. A. W. (born January 18, 1932) is a futurologist, libertarian, and author of the Schrödingers Cat trilogy (1979), a complex spoof of conspiracy theories. His best-known work, co-authored with Robert Shea, is The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975), which humorously...
Robert Anton Wilson's Cosmic Trigger under the pen name "Ho Chi Zen". "Zenarchy" is described in the introduction of the collected volume as "the social order which springs from meditation," and "A noncombative, nonparticipatory, no-politics approach to Anarchy ( New Latin anarchia) is a term that has a number of different but related usages. Specific meanings include Absence of any form of political authority and/or social hierarchy Political disorder and confusion Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose. The Anarchy is the...
anarchy intended to get the serious student thinking." Brought up as a The term Mormon is a colloquial name, most-often used to refer to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The name Mormon (also Mormonite) was first used in the 1830s for followers of Joseph Smith, Jr. who accepted The Book of Mormon as...
Mormon, in adulthood Kerry shifted his ideological focus as frequently as to rival any serious During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i.e. those people who did not necessarily conform to the mainstream of human experience such as e.g. hippies, Punks, and Mods . Terry Anderson describes the early 1970s...
countercultural figure of the 1960s. Other than Discordianism, For information about the band, see Atheist (band). Atheism is the condition of being without theistic beliefs and alternatively the disbelief in the existence of deities. In antiquity, atheism was represented by Epicureanism. It disappeared from European philosophy when Christianity became dominant. During the Age of Enlightenment, atheism re-emerged...
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objectivism, Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism, meaning New Paganism) is a heterogeneous group of religions which attempt to revive ancient, mainly European pre-Christian religions. As such it is considered a subcategory of Paganism. The term is used by academics and many adherents to denote those Pagan traditions which are largely modern...
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Buddhism had all been subjects of close conceptual scrutiny throughout his life. Military life
Thornley had believed, among many other things, that he had been part of the CIA's notorious LSD blotter paper D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, commonly called acid, LSD, or LSD-25, is a powerful semisynthetic hallucinogen and psychedelic entheogen. A typical dose of LSD is only 100 micrograms, a tiny amount equal to one-tenth the weight of a grain of sand. LSD causes a powerful intensification...
LSD-soaked Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the murder of an important person, although the term really refers to murder via stealth. An assassin — one who carries out the assassination — is usually...
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1973 (and had previously been codenamed named ARTICHOKE and BLUEBIRD). While skeptics may dismiss as flimsy This proposed logo for a US government agency was dropped due to fears that its masonic symbolism would provoke conspiracy theories A conspiracy theory is a theory that claims an event or series of events is the result of secret manipulations by two or more individuals or an organization, rather...
conspiracy theory his later notions of having been a product of occult-based The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on...
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Vril selective breeding programs, his claims regarding participation in such highly-classified US government Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). Totalitarian governments use propaganda repression of freedom of speech to regiment their population. Repression can range from simple censorship through character assassination to threats...
mind-control programs and his possible foreknowledge of the John F. Kennedy The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 PM Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC). Kennedy was fatally wounded by multiple gunshots while riding in a presidential...
John F. Kennedy assassination are somewhat plausible, as they are consistent with the time period, his residences and the nature and locations of his military service. Having already been a United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. The United States Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is...
US Marine Corps reservist for about two years, Thornley had been summoned to active duty in 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the...
1958 at age 20, soon after completing his freshman year at the The University of Southern California (also known as USC), Southern Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. University of Southern California Overview Founded in 1880 as a Methodist University, on land donated by three wealthy Los Angeles residents, it has grown...
University of Southern California. Incidentally, it was also at this time that he and Greg Hill—a Bowling is the common name for several sports that involve rolling a ball towards a target or to knock down pins. For the use of this term in cricket, see Bowling (cricket). Bowling ball and two pins The sports known as bowling may be divided into two distinct groups. The...
bowling alley in their hometown of Whittier is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 83,680. Geography Whittier is located at 33°5756 North, 118°128 West (33.965662, -118.024495)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the...
Whittier, California (a hometown shared by Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew ( 1969– 1973), Gerald Ford ( 1973– 1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of...
Richard Nixon). Thornley had served for a short time in the same radar operator unit as Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, according to the conclusions of two government investigations into the assassination. Critics of the official accounts have claimed that Oswald did not act alone or was...
Lee Harvey Oswald in the spring of 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January...
1959 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a military airport located near Irvine, California. It was decommissioned in 1999 and slated to be turned over to the state and local governments. The site contains four large, intersecting runways and many wanted a civilian international airport constructed on the site. The...
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. It lies approximately 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, on the largely seasonal Santa Ana River. The Santa Ana Freeway runs through the city, and the Costa Mesa Freeway and Garden Grove Freeway travel along...
Santa Ana, For other uses, see California (disambiguation). State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4.7%) Population (2000) - Population...
California. Both men had shared a common interest in A society is a group of people living or working together. There are various different uses of the term society. The casual meaning of society simply refers to a group of people living together in an ordered community.1 The social sciences use the term society to mean a group...
society, The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). In general, it refers to human activity; different definitions of culture reflect different theories for understanding, or criteria for valuing, human activity. Culture is traditionally the oldest human character, its significant traces separating Homo...
culture, Literature is literally an acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. The word literature, as a common noun, can refer to...
literature and Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. Although it is generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human group interactions including corporate, academic, and religious. Political science is the study of political behavior and examines the acquisition and application of...
politics, and whenever duty placed them together, had discussed such topics as George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (sometimes 1984) is a darkly satirical political novel by George Orwell. The story takes place in a nightmarish dystopia, in which an omnipresent State enforces perfect conformity among members of a totalitarian Party through indoctrination, propaganda, fear, and ruthless punishment. The novel introduced the concepts of the...
Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Philosophy (from the Greek words philos and sophia meaning love of wisdom) is understood in different ways historically and by different philosophers. It, therefore, requires a meta-philosophy to adjudicate. Although it can be conceded that philosophy aims at some kind of understanding, knowledge or wisdom about fundamental matters such...
philosophy of Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. Marx drew on Georg Hegels philosophy, the political economy of Adam Smith, Ricardian economics, and 19th century French socialism to develop...
Marxism, particularly Oswald's interest in the latter. Some time after the two men parted ways as a result of routine reassignment, Thornley read of Oswald's autumn 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January...
1959 A defector is generally a person who gives up allegiance to a certain country in exchange for allegiance to another. This act is usually in an illegal way (as opposed to changing citizenship). For example, during the Cold war, the many people escaping across the Berlin Wall to flee from...
defection to the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик...
Soviet Union in the US military newspaper, Flag ratio: 10:19; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars...
Stars and Stripes while aboard a troopship returning to the United States from duty in Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population - Total ( 2004) - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP - Total (PPP, 2005) - Total (nominal) ...
Japan.
1960s Released from United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. The United States Coast Guard, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is...
US Marine Corps active duty in September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. September begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Virgo and ends in the sign of Libra. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation...
September of 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the...
1960, Thornley had relocated with This article refers to the real life of Greg Hill. For the literary persona of Greg Hill, see Malaclypse The Younger. Greg Hill (a.k.a. Gregory Hill, Malaclypse the Younger, Mal-2) wrote the Principia Discordia with Kerry Thornley (a.k.a. Omar Ravenhurst). Some people believe Gregory Hill...
Greg Hill to New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population of New Orleans is 484,674. New Orleans is co-extensive with Orleans Parish. New Orleans is a southern city known for its multicultural heritage and its celebration...
New Orleans in early 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be...
1961 and began to write about his experiences as a peacetime Marine both stateside and in Asia; Lee being the inspiration for a book Thornley had titled The Idle Warriors. The aspiring A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. The English word novel derives from the Italian word novella, meaning a tale, a piece of news. The novel is longer (40,000 words and onwards) and...
novelist had viewed Oswald as the In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object. In this way, the first object can be economically described because implicit and explicit attributes from the second object can be...
metaphorical embodiment of an intelligent peacetime GI deeply dissatisfied with the monolithic, totalitarian structure of military life which had stood in distressingly sharp contrast to the professed American ideals of individual The word liberty, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. See Liberty (disambiguation) for other possible uses. Liberty, or freedom, is a condition in which an individual has immunity from the arbitrary exercise of authority. Western civilization The thinkers of the Enlightenment reasoned the assertion that...
liberty and Capitalism generally refers to in philosophy and politics, a social system based on the principle of individual rights, including property rights. in economics, a combination of economic practices that became institutionalized in Europe between the 16th and 19th centuries, especially involving the right of individuals and groups of individuals acting...
free enterprise. (In his later years, Thornley became convinced that Oswald had in truth been a This article is about the foreign intelligence service of the United States of America. For other uses of the term CIA, see CIA (disambiguation). The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the three American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals...
CIA asset whose purpose was to ferret out suspected Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. As a theoretical social and economic system, communism would be a type of egalitarian society with no...
Communist sympathizers serving in the Corps.) During his two-year sojourn in New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population of New Orleans is 484,674. New Orleans is co-extensive with Orleans Parish. New Orleans is a southern city known for its multicultural heritage and its celebration...
New Orleans, Thornley had claimed he'd had numerous meetings with a mysterious middle-aged man named "Gary Kirstein" where they had discussed in detail several different subjects mundane as well as exotic, one of them being how to assassinate President Kennedy, whose beliefs and policies the aspiring novelist had deeply disliked at the time. Later, the former Marine had come to believe this "Gary Kirstein" had in reality been senior CIA officer and future The Watergate building. The Watergate scandal (or just Watergate) was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis of the 1970s, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The affair was named after the hotel where the burglary that led to a series of investigations occurred. The burglary...
Watergate burglar Edward Howard Hunt (born October 9, 1918) worked for the White House under President Richard Nixon, figured in the Watergate Scandal, and was convicted of burglary, conspiracy, and wiretapping, eventually serving 33 months in prison. Hunt, along with G. Gordon Liddy and others, was one of the White Houses...
E. Howard Hunt. Thornley claimed Kirstein/Hunt had accurately predicted Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the thirty-sixth (1953–1961) Vice President, and the thirty-seventh (1969–1974) President of the United States. He is the only man to have been elected twice to the Vice Presidency and twice to the Presidency; he...
Richard M. Nixon's accession to the presidency six years before it happened as well as anticipating the rise of the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. Many of the trends of...
1960s In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream. In practice, the term is most commonly used to refer to the youth rebellion that swept North America and Western Europe in the 1960s. 1960s...
counterculture and the subseqent emergence of what became Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was convicted of murder in what became known as the Tate/La Bianca case, after the names of the victims of two mass murders carried out by his followers. As the leader of a group of young male and female followers, known collectively...
Charles Manson and his cult followers, leading the novelist to believe that the US government had somehow been involved, directly or indirectly, in creating and supporting these events, personages and phenomena. Prophetically, in late 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 5...
1962, Thornley had completed the The Idle Warriors, the only book written about Lee Harvey Oswald before President Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date ...
Kennedy's assassination in Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in...
1963 (although it was not published until 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously...
1991). Thornley had in 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found...
1965 published another book titled Oswald which had generally defended the "Oswald-as-lone-assassin" conclusion of Warren Commission report cover page The Presidents Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963 by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The Commission took its unofficial name—...
Warren Commission but it hadn't sold well. Due primarily to the serendipitous nature of his choice of literary subject matter in The Idle Warriors, Thornley had been called to testify before the Warren Commission report cover page The Presidents Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as The Warren Commission, was established on November 29, 1963 by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The Commission took its unofficial name—...
Warren Commission in ...
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May 18, 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the...
1964. The Commission A subpoena (pronounced suh-pee-nuh) is a writ commanding a person to appear under penalty (from Latin). It is used to compel the testimony of witnesses in a trial. Usually it can be issued by a judge or by the lawyer representing the plaintiff or the defendant in a...
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National Archives. In January 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is...
1968, controversial New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (November 20, 1921 - October 21, 1992) was District Attorney of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973; he is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Garrison remains a controversial figure; opinions differ as to whether he uncovered the actual conspiracy behind...
Jim Garrison, certain there had been a New Orleans-based conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy, subpoenaed Thornley to appear before a grand jury, claiming the novelist had conspired (along with wealthy local businessman This is an article about the New Orleans businessman. See E.-Clay-Shaw,-Jr. for an article about the politician from Florida. Clay Laverne Shaw (March 17, 1913- August 14, 1974) was a successful businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the only person to ever be tried in the...
Clay Shaw and private pilot David Ferrie) with Oswald in the assassination. Garrison had charged Thornley with perjury after Thornley had denied, truthfully, that he had been in contact with Oswald in any manner since 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January...
1959. The perjury charge was quickly dropped.
Death Struggling with illness in his final days, Kerry Thornley died of a heart attack in Downtown Atlanta skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County, and most of the airport, which is within...
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Georgia on November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining. Events 1095 - On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appointed bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead...
November 28, 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events January January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to...
1998, a Saturday, at the age of 60. The following morning, 23 (twenty-three) is the natural number following 22 and preceding 24. Cardinal twenty-three Ordinal twenty-third Factorization prime Roman numeral XXIII Binary 10111 Hexadecimal 17 In mathematics Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the sequence continues 29, 31, 37, 41,... Twenty-three is also a factorial prime...
23 people attended a Buddhist memorial service in his honor. His body had been cremated and the ashes scattered over the The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earths surface, having an area of 179.7 million km² (69.4 million sq...
Pacific Ocean. Shortly before his death, Thornley reportedly said he'd felt "like a tired child home from a very wild circus," a reference to a passage by This article refers to the real life of Greg Hill. For the literary persona of Greg Hill, see Malaclypse The Younger. Greg Hill (a.k.a. Gregory Hill, Malaclypse the Younger, Mal-2) wrote the Principia Discordia with Kerry Thornley (a.k.a. Omar Ravenhurst). Some people believe Gregory Hill...
Greg Hill from the Principia Discordia: "And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that Non-existence shall take us back from Existence, and that nameless Spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a very wild circus." Bibliography and references - Malaclypse the Younger (Greg Hill); Principia Discordia, 5th Edition, September 1991, IllumiNet Press. Introduction by Kerry Thornley.
- Thornley, Kerry; Zenarchy, IllumiNet Press, June 1991
- Thornley, Kerry; The Idle Warriors, IllumiNet Press, June 1991
- Gorightly, Adam; The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture, Paraview Press, November 2003. Foreword by Robert Anton Wilson.
External links - Introduction (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tilt/principia/intro5.html) to the Fifth (IllumiNet Press) Edition of Principia Discordia
- Impropaganda mirror: Zenarchy (http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/hambone/zenarchy.html)
- Appendix 5 of Warren Commission Report (http://www.archives.gov/research_room/jfk/warren_commission/warren_commission_report_appendix5.html) available at NARA (www.archives.gov)
- Warren Commission Hearings, Testimony of Kerry W. Thornley (http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh11/html/WC_Vol11_0046b.htm)
- The Vril, the CIA, and Nazi Secret Societies: Letter From Kerry Thornley (http://www.totse.com/en/conspiracy/institutional_analysis/thornlet.html)
- Official Obituary Announcement (http://www.subgenius.com/updates/X0012_Kerry_Thornley_R.I.P.html) by Sondra London
- Confession to Conspiracy to Assassinate JFK (http://www.sondralondon.com/tales/thornley/), posthumous account of the events surrounding and leading up to Thornley's alleged involvement with the JFK assassination, as told to Sondra London
- Excerpt from Gorightly's book The Prankster and the Conspiracy (http://www.steamshovelpress.com/offlineillumination13.html) and Foreword by Wilson (http://www.paraview.com/gorightly/gorightly_excerpt.htm)
- Over 100 scanned issues of his Decadent Worker Newsletter (http://www.rehistory.com/decadentworker) at ReHistory
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