James D. Kimmel
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James D. Kimmel is author of A Road Map for World Peace (2004), and is most widely known as the People's Party candidate for United States Senator for the state of Hawaii in 1974. He was the sole opponent of Democratic incumbent Daniel Inouye (Republicans
didn't field a candidate), to whom he lost in a landslide (82.9 - 17.1%).
Kimmel was born on March 2, 1935, and raised on his family's dairy farm near Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Canton McKinley high school in 1953 and was first married in Honolulu, Hawai'i in February, 1957. He is the father of five children. He graduated from Ohio State University
with the degrees B.Sc. in 1958 and M.Sc. in 1960. He spent ten years on the ecological and nuclear frontiers from Ohio State to the Marshall Islands
, and the Nevada Test Sites from 1962-1967.
Kimmel was divorced in 1967. He began teaching high school the same year in Novato, California
. In 1968 he was "set up, framed, arrested, and fired" for cannabis possession.
Inspired by what he witnessed during the Summer of Love
James D. Kimmel later appeared in Time magazine as a minister who conducted hippie
weddings in the nude.
Kimmel completed Dr. Einstein
's unfinished Unified Field Theory
, deriving the Unified Field Equation, 1 = ∞, in February 1969. The discussion he provides in his book A Road Map for World Peace presents his personal experience of the state of Immanence
. He makes it clear that this is a conscious state of mind that profoundly affected his view of the world.
After recognizing the fact and truth of God, he discovered The Urantia Book
which he characterized as "the greatest thing to hit the planet since Jesus," Kimmel founded 'The Religion of Jesus Church' near Sonoma, California in October 1969. In 1973, Kimmel started 'The Religion of Jesus Church Divinity School' in Kekaha, Kauai, and 'The Religion of Jesus Farm' on Molokai
, from 1974-78.
He entered the political frontier of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement in 1973, and his name appeared on the ballot against Senator Dan Inouye in 1974.
Kimmel spent 26 months incarcerated at the Federal Corrections Institute at Terminal Island, California before having his convictions reversed on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court in 1982. Part of the allegations against him included alleged participation in a conspiracy to turn the entire population of Japan on to LSD-25.
In 1985 he founded an instrumentality for world peace, a non-profit public benefit corporation known as "Peace, Incorporated." Kimmel became a naturalized Citizen of the lawful (de jure) Reinstated Hawaiian Government in 2003, and continues to work toward World Peace and a Global Constitutional Convention for the purpose of creating a Master Charter of Liberty; a Constitution of World Law; and for the implementation of a New Form of World Government of the People, by the People, and for the People and the Nations of the World, requisite to the actualization and establishment of World Peace.
In 2005 he was instrumental in organizing Patients Without Time, the first medical marijuana collective on Maui.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
didn't field a candidate), to whom he lost in a landslide (82.9 - 17.1%).
Kimmel was born on March 2, 1935, and raised on his family's dairy farm near Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Canton McKinley high school in 1953 and was first married in Honolulu, Hawai'i in February, 1957. He is the father of five children. He graduated from Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
with the degrees B.Sc. in 1958 and M.Sc. in 1960. He spent ten years on the ecological and nuclear frontiers from Ohio State to the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
, and the Nevada Test Sites from 1962-1967.
Kimmel was divorced in 1967. He began teaching high school the same year in Novato, California
Novato, California
Novato is a city located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in northern Marin County. Novato is located about north-northwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 30 feet above sea level . The 2010 U.S. Census estimated the city population to be about 51,904. Novato is about ...
. In 1968 he was "set up, framed, arrested, and fired" for cannabis possession.
Inspired by what he witnessed during the Summer of Love
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a cultural and political rebellion...
James D. Kimmel later appeared in Time magazine as a minister who conducted hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
weddings in the nude.
Kimmel completed Dr. Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
's unfinished Unified Field Theory
Unified field theory
In physics, a unified field theory, occasionally referred to as a uniform field theory, is a type of field theory that allows all that is usually thought of as fundamental forces and elementary particles to be written in terms of a single field. There is no accepted unified field theory, and thus...
, deriving the Unified Field Equation, 1 = ∞, in February 1969. The discussion he provides in his book A Road Map for World Peace presents his personal experience of the state of Immanence
Immanence
Immanence refers to philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence, in which the divine is seen to be manifested in or encompassing of the material world. It is often contrasted with theories of transcendence, in which the divine is seen to be outside the material world...
. He makes it clear that this is a conscious state of mind that profoundly affected his view of the world.
After recognizing the fact and truth of God, he discovered The Urantia Book
The Urantia Book
The Urantia Book is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses God, Jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, and destiny. It originated in Chicago, Illinois, sometime between 1924 and 1955...
which he characterized as "the greatest thing to hit the planet since Jesus," Kimmel founded 'The Religion of Jesus Church' near Sonoma, California in October 1969. In 1973, Kimmel started 'The Religion of Jesus Church Divinity School' in Kekaha, Kauai, and 'The Religion of Jesus Farm' on Molokai
Molokai
Molokai or Molokai is an island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is 38 by 10 miles in size with a land area of , making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu across the 25-mile wide Kaiwi Channel and north of...
, from 1974-78.
He entered the political frontier of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement in 1973, and his name appeared on the ballot against Senator Dan Inouye in 1974.
Kimmel spent 26 months incarcerated at the Federal Corrections Institute at Terminal Island, California before having his convictions reversed on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court in 1982. Part of the allegations against him included alleged participation in a conspiracy to turn the entire population of Japan on to LSD-25.
In 1985 he founded an instrumentality for world peace, a non-profit public benefit corporation known as "Peace, Incorporated." Kimmel became a naturalized Citizen of the lawful (de jure) Reinstated Hawaiian Government in 2003, and continues to work toward World Peace and a Global Constitutional Convention for the purpose of creating a Master Charter of Liberty; a Constitution of World Law; and for the implementation of a New Form of World Government of the People, by the People, and for the People and the Nations of the World, requisite to the actualization and establishment of World Peace.
In 2005 he was instrumental in organizing Patients Without Time, the first medical marijuana collective on Maui.