The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture
Gorightly, Adam, Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, Oswald, Lee Harvey, Thornley, Kerry Wendell, Wilson, Robert Anton
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 the Bavarian Illuminati, a brilliant prank
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Año:
2003
Editorial:
Cosimo, Inc.;Paraview Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
290
ISBN 10:
193104466X
ISBN 13:
9781931044660
Archivo:
EPUB, 721 KB
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english, 2003