Kerry Thornley

Kerry Wendell Thornley (April 17, 1938 - November 28, 1998) is perhaps best-known as the co-founder (along with childhood friend Gregory Hill) of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst. This name is taken from Omar Khayyám, father of Determinism. He and Hill authored the religion's seminal text Principia Discordia.

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April 17 - 1938 - November 28 - 1998 - Gregory Hill - Discordianism - Omar Khayyám - Determinism - Principia Discordia

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Less known is a series of Zenarchy articles written for 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 intended to get the serious student thinking."

Related Topics:
Robert Anton Wilson - Zenarchy - Anarchy

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Brought up as a Mormon, in adulthood Kerry shifted his ideological focus as frequently as to rival any serious countercultural figure of the 1960s. Other than Discordianism, atheism, anarchism, objectivism, neo-paganism and Buddhism had all been subjects of close conceptual scrutiny throughout his life.

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Mormon - Countercultural - Atheism - Anarchism - Objectivism - Neo-paganism - Buddhism

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