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 of the fringe elements of the time. He helped create the spoof religion called the Discordian Society and its tract, the Principia Discordia. He coined the term "paganism" to describe various nature religions. And he befriended Robert Anton Wilson, inspired the Illuminatus, and gave his anarchic support to...
One of the 1960s counterculture's most fascinating characters was Kerry Wendell Thornley -- a writer, philosopher, Zen dishwasher, enlightened prankst...
Adam Gorightly, "crackpot historian" and author of the groundbreaking 'The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control & the Manson Family Mythos, ' and co-author Shamus McFarland take on the daunting task of clarifying the multitude of seemingly endless nicknames, aliases and real names which spill out of the ever-growing collection of various books chronicling the Manson Family members and their bizarre activities, including murder. This mess of identities can leave the most astute reader baffled...
Dark, terrifying, disturbing, and yet handy.
'A Who's Who of the Manson Family'
Adam Gorightly, "crackpot historian" and author of the groundb...
"Crackpot Historian" Adam Gorightly is your ultimate Conspiracy Tour Guide to THEIR nefarious plans for humanity.
HAPPY TRAILS TO HIGH WEIRDNESS is his precise roadmap to the People, Places, & Parapolitics that make up the scenery of bizarre destinations in & around California and the ever-odd Great Southwest weirdscape.
Gorightly takes you along for a wild and hilarious ride to out-and-out strange locations and meets up with some of the most interesting folks and figures involved in Conspiracy, UFOlogy, Occultism, Discordian Hijinks, Death...
No matter where you go, there THEY are.
"Crackpot Historian" Adam Gorightly is your ultimate Conspiracy Tour Guide to THEIR nefarious plans for hu...
"Adam Gorightly offers a unique take on virtually every conspiracy of our time." Erskine Payton, "Erskine Overnight"
Kerry Thornley never imagined that after starting a spoof religion in the 1950s that worshipped Eris the Greek goddess of chaos and discord that this seeming joke would unleash a torrent of actual chaos into his life in the years to follow.
During the late 1950s, Thornley became friends with Lee Harvey Oswald when the two served together in the Marines, and was actually writing a novel based on Oswald three years before John F. Kennedy's assassination. These connections...
"Adam Gorightly offers a unique take on virtually every conspiracy of our time." Erskine Payton, "Erskine Overnight"
The most extensive collection in print documenting the Discordian Society s wild and wooly legacy, Historia Discordia features the unique worldview and wit of such illuminated iconoclasts as Robert Anton Wilson and Discordian founders Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley. Chronicling Discordianism s halcyon days, Historia Discordia presents a fun and freewheeling romp through rare photos, holy tracts, art collages, and fnords, many of which appear for the first time in print. Like communication-god Thoth with his yammering ape, like the all-important noise that Count Korzybski assures us must...
The most extensive collection in print documenting the Discordian Society s wild and wooly legacy, Historia Discordia features the unique worldview an...