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In 1999, Feral House published the biography Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter, who opined that Parsons had accomplished more in under five years of research than Robert H. Goddard had in his lifetime, and said that his role in the development of rocket technology had been neglected by historians of science; [199 ...
Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel (April 23, 1922 – July 24, 1995), who professionally used the mononym Cameron, was an American artist, poet, actress and occultist.A follower of Thelema, the new religious movement established by the English occultist Aleister Crowley, she was married to rocket pioneer and fellow Thelemite Jack Parsons.
Strange Angel is an American historical drama television series that premiered on June 14, 2018, on CBS All Access.The series is based on the biography of Thelemic magician and scientist Jack Parsons (Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle), and was created by Mark Heyman, who also executive produces and writes for the show.
Jack Parsons in 1938. In 1939, the group initiated Jack Parsons, a jet fuel engineer, and his wife Helen Parsons, who had become interested in the O.T.O. through attending the Gnostic Mass. [9] Smith wrote to Crowley that Parsons was "a really excellent man ... He has an excellent mind and much better intellect than myself ...
Jack Parsons (1914–1952), occultist, writer, and rocket scientist; Helen Parsons Smith (1910-2003), American occultist and book editor, wife of John "Jack" Whiteside Parsons who married Wilfred Talbot Smith after Parson's death. [46] Israel Regardie (1907–1985), occult writer, magician, pupil of Aleister Crowley [47]
The rituals performed drew largely upon rituals and sex magic described by English author and occult teacher Aleister Crowley. Crowley was in correspondence with Parsons during the course of the Babalon Working, and warned Parsons of his potential overreactions to the magic he was performing, while simultaneously deriding Parsons' work to others.
This is a list of notable occult writers ... Jack Parsons (1914–1952) Joséphin Péladan (1858–1918) Gwydion Pendderwen (1946–1982) Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)
In 1946, using money from Jack Parsons, Hubbard purchased a boat named "Diane". [24] [6] In 1952, Hubbard named his daughter Diana. Later, Hubbard named a Sea Org vessel 'Diana'. [24] [6] Atack speculates "Dianetics" might be a 'double-entendre', and notes the existence of the earlier occult practice of Dianism. [24] [6]