Keep This Quiet!

“Keep This Quiet!” captures the fear and loathing, charm and romance of Hunter in the late 1960s, along with tales of two other underground authors. This is a perfect companion when you are reading Hell's Angels or to add background and context to Margaret's new book “The Hell's Angels Letters”. Read the escapades of a woman in her twenties in New York City, attracted to three fascinating authors. Included are funny letters Hunter sent Margaret during and after the publication of his break-out first book, “Hell's Angels”. Also, tales of woe, but in a comical retelling by outrageous Belgian poete maudit, Jan Mensaert, living in Morocco. Also included are priceless reminiscences and memorabilia of some of Hunter's oldest friends: William Kennedy, David Pierce, Rosalie Sorrels, Paul Krassner, and editor Jim Silberman, all of whom Margaret knew. Read as well letters to Margaret from the outrageous "Dr. Gonzo" (Oscar Acosta). Further featured is Greenwich Village "poet genius" Milton Klonsky, who acted as a buffer through these turbulent waters.

"Hunter often said Harrell was the best copy editor he'd ever worked with" (William McKeen, Outlaw Journalist). But what was the rest of the story? Keep This Quiet! captures the fear and loathing, charm and romance of Hunter in the late Sixties - along with tales of two other underground authors. Included are iconic, funny, sometimes desperate letters he sent Margaret during and after the publication of Hell's Angels. Also, priceless reminiscences of some of his oldest friends: William Kennedy, David Pierce, Rosalie Sorrels, and editor Jim Silberman - covered in no other account. Featured in addition are Belgian "poète maudit" Jan Mensaert and Greenwich Village "poet genius" Milton Klonsky. Also in his own words, Hunter's sidekick Oscar Acosta and The Realist founder, Paul Krassner.

“Keep This Quiet! III: Initiations” begins in the C. G. Jung Institute Zurich, where Margaret was enrolled in 1984. She is headed for a big initiation there, which she narrates for us, showing how initiations are life-transforming. Notably, she also dives into the debate between physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychiatrist Carl Jung about how science/matter and psyche/spirit/synchronicity emerge from a unified psychophysical realm. Dreams lend assistance, as do the brilliant Jung-Pauli letters. Exercises in the back offer practical help in how to work with energy.

What happens when the blinders against quantum "magic" are lifted? Our life shifts profoundly. The updated Keep This Quiet! IV, Ancient Secrets Revealed, integrates mystical, practical Teachings embedded in Harrell's life. The narrative begins in 1991 in Belgium, where parapsychological, or siddhi, phenomena follow the death of her live-in boyfriend. After a suspenseful visit with Gonzo creator, Hunter Thompson, at Owl Farm, whom she has not seen live for twenty-one years, she returns to Belgium to dive into the experience of spirit committees, visions, computer-PK (mental influence over the computer), psychologist Carl Jung, and quantum mechanics. Ancient Secrets Revealed uses a combination of storytelling and applied ancient/modern wisdom insights. Initiations also involve Hindu satguru Dhyanyogi-ji. Many traditions join hands on "the edge" of timeless mysteries.