Work_for_Israelis_and_espionage_accusations:_1946.E2.80.9352 Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer)

parsons worked on developing sm-64 navaho missile (pictured launching in 1957).

parsons employed north american aviation @ inglewood, worked on navaho missile program. , cameron moved house in manhattan beach, instructed in occultism , esotericism. when cameron developed catalepsy, parsons referred sylvan muldoon s books on astral projection, suggesting manipulate seizures accomplish it. married on october 19, 1946, 4 days after divorce helen finalized, forman witness. parsons continued seen specialist in rocketry; acted expert consultant in numerous industrial tribunals , police , army ordnance investigations regarding explosions. in may 1947, parsons gave talk @ pacific rocket society in predicted rockets take humans moon. although had become distant largely defunct o.t.o. , had sold of crowleyan library, continued correspond crowley until latter s death in december 1947.

at emergence of cold war, red scare developed in u.s. congressional house un-american activities committee began investigating , obstructing careers of people perceived communist sympathies. many of parsons former colleagues lost security clearances , jobs result, , fbi stripped parsons of clearance because of subversive character, including involvement in , advocacy of sexual perversion in o.t.o. speculated in june 1949 letter germer clearance revoked in response public dissemination of crowley s liber oz, 1941 tract summarizing individualist moral principles of thelema. declassified fbi documents later revealed fbi s primary concern parsons former connections marxists @ caltech , membership of subversive aclu. when interviewed parsons denied communist sympathies informed them of sidney weinbaum s extreme communist views , frank malina s involvement in weinbaum s communist cell @ caltech, resulted in weinbaum s arrest perjury since had lied under oath denying involvement in communist groups. malina s security clearance withdrawn well. in reaction hostile treatment, parsons sought work in rocket industry abroad. sought advice in correspondence von kármán; advice followed enrolling in evening course in advanced mathematics @ usc bolster employability in field—but again neglected attendance , failed course. parsons again resorted bootlegging nitroglycerin money, , managed earn wage car mechanic, manual laborer @ gas station, , hospital orderly; 2 years faculty member @ usc department of pharmacology. relations between parsons , cameron became strained; agreed temporary separation , moved mexico join artists commune in san miguel de allende.

unable pursue scientific career, without wife , devoid of friendship, parsons decided return occultism , embarked on sexually based magical operations prostitutes. intent, informally following ritualistic practice of thelemite organization a∴a∴, on performing crossing of abyss , attaining union universal consciousness, or understood in thelemic mysticism, , becoming master of temple . following apparent success in doing so, parsons recounted having out-of-body experience invoked babalon, astrally transported him biblical city of chorazin, experience referred black pilgrimage . accompanying parsons oath of abyss own oath of antichrist , witnessed wilfred talbot smith. in oath, parsons professed embody entity named belarion armillus al dajjal, antichrist come [sic] fulfill law of beast 666 [aleister crowley] . viewing these oaths completion of babalon working, parsons wrote illeist autobiography titled analysis master of temple , occult text titled book of antichrist. in latter work, parsons (writing belarion) prophesied within 9 years babalon manifest on earth , supersede dominance of abrahamic religions.

during period, parsons wrote essay on individualist philosophy , politics—which described standing liberalism , liberal principles —titled freedom two-edged sword , in condemned authoritarianism, censorship, corruption, antisexualism , racism saw prevalent in american society. none of these works published in lifetime. through heinlein, parsons received visit writer l. sprague de camp, whom discussed magic , science fiction, , disclosed hubbard had sent letter offering him sara back. de camp later referred parsons authentic mad genius if ever met 1 , , based character courtney james on him in time travel story gun dinosaur (1956). parsons visited jane wolfe, unsuccessfully appealed him rejoin dilapidated o.t.o. entered brief relationship irishwoman named gladis gohan; moved house on redondo beach, building known them concrete castle . cameron returned redondo beach san miguel de allende , violently argued parsons upon discovering infidelity, before again left mexico. parsons responded initiating divorce proceedings against on grounds of extreme cruelty .

november 1950 fbi synopsis of espionage allegations against parsons

parsons testified closed federal court moral philosophy of thelema both anti-fascist , anti-communist, emphasizing belief in individualism. along references scientific colleagues resulted in security clearance being reinstated industrial employment review board, ruled there insufficient evidence had ever had communist sympathies. allowed parsons obtain contract in designing , constructing chemical plant hughes aircraft company in culver city. von kármán put parsons in touch herbert t. rosenfeld, president of southern californian chapter of american technion society—a zionist group dedicated supporting newly created state of israel. rosenfeld offered parsons job israeli rocket program , hired him produce technical reports them. in november 1950, red scare intensified, parsons decided migrate israel pursue rosenfeld s offer, hughes secretary whom parsons had asked type portfolio of technical documents reported him fbi. accused parsons of espionage , attempted theft of classified company documents on basis of of reports had sought submit technion society.

parsons fired hughes; fbi investigated complaint , suspicious parsons spying israeli government. parsons denied allegations when interrogated; insisted intentions peaceful , had suffered error of judgment in procuring documents. of parsons scientific colleagues rallied defense, case against him worsened when fbi investigated rosenfeld being linked soviet agents, , more accounts of occult , sexually permissive activities @ parsonage came light. in october 1951 u.s. attorney decided because contents of reports did not constitute state secrets, parsons not guilty of espionage.

the review board still considered parsons liability because of historical marxist affiliations , investigations fbi, , in january 1952 permanently reinstated ban on working classified projects, prohibiting him working in rocketry. make living founded parsons chemical manufacturing company, based in north hollywood , created pyrotechnics , explosives such fog effects , imitation gunshot wounds film industry, , returned chemical manufacturing @ bermite powder company in saugus.

dark angel, painting marjorie cameron portraying parsons angel of death

parsons reconciled cameron, , resumed relationship , moved former coach house on orange grove avenue. parsons converted large, first-floor laundry room home laboratory work on chemical , pyrotechnic projects, homebrew absinthe , stockpile materials. let out upstairs bedrooms , began holding parties attended largely bohemians , members of beat generation, along old friends including forman, malina , cornog. congregated @ home of andrew haley, lived on same street. though parsons in mid-thirties prewar relic younger attendees, raucous socials lasted until dawn , attracted police attention. parsons founded new thelemite group known witchcraft , beliefs revolved around simplified version of crowley s thelema , parsons own babalon prophecies. offered course in teachings ten dollar fee, included new thelemic belief system called gnosis , version of christian gnosticism sophia godhead , christian god demiurge. collaborated cameron on songs witch woman, collection of poems illustrated published in 2014.