I would agree that the Jet Propulsion Lab is a cool place to work -- especially if you know the story of its founder, Jack Parsons. Parsons was not only a genius, but was an associate of Aleister Crowley, and was supposedly successful in performing the "Babalon Working" [Crowley's spelling] which would conjure the Scarlet Woman of Revelation. He said that Babalon herself promised him that she would manifest and that shortly afterward, Parsons would become a "living flame." Which he did, when his home lab blew up.
Fascinating story (if true), which was told in SEX AND ROCKETS and in A PIECE OF BLUE SKY. The last is a history of L. Ron Hubbard, who hung around Parsons and supposedly stole a lot of money from him. The Scientologists have said that this was because Hubbard was an FBI operative investigating Parsons.
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I would agree that the Jet Propulsion Lab is a cool place to work -- especially if you know the story of its founder, Jack Parsons. Parsons was not only a genius, but was an associate of Aleister Crowley, and was supposedly successful in performing the "Babalon Working" [Crowley's spelling] which would conjure the Scarlet Woman of Revelation. He said that Babalon herself promised him that she would manifest and that shortly afterward, Parsons would become a "living flame." Which he did, when his home lab blew up.
Fascinating story (if true), which was told in SEX AND ROCKETS and in A PIECE OF BLUE SKY. The last is a history of L. Ron Hubbard, who hung around Parsons and supposedly stole a lot of money from him. The Scientologists have said that this was because Hubbard was an FBI operative investigating Parsons.
Posted by: Cheri | December 25, 2006 9:59 AM
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