Bonerism was founded when revelations of mystic knowledge, which were engraved on nine silver dinner plates, were first discovered by mankind in prehistoric times. The first followers were a band of hunter-gatherers who came across the sacred nine silver plates while foraging for food. As a testament to the mysterious ways of this religion, the nine plates were said to be engraved only with Bonerism's Four Basic Rules: Without all nine plates, the four rules of Bonerism were said to be undecipherable.