L._Ron_Hubbard_and_the_Babalon_Working:_1945.E2.80.9346 Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer)

parsons befriended l. ron hubbard.

now disassociated jpl , aerojet, parsons , forman founded ad astra engineering company, under parsons founded chemical manufacturing vulcan powder company. ad astra subject fbi investigation under suspicion of espionage when security agents manhattan project discovered parsons , forman had procured chemical used in top secret project material known x-metal, later acquitted of wrongdoing. parsons continued financially support smith , helen, although asked divorce , ignored crowley s commands welcoming smith parsonage when retreat finished. parsons continued hold o.t.o. activities @ parsonage began renting rooms @ house non-thelemites, including journalist nieson himmel, manhattan project physicist robert cornog, , science fiction artist louis goldstone. parsons attracted controversy in pasadena preferred clientele. parsonage resident alva rogers recalled in 1962 article occultist fanzine: in ads placed in local paper jack specified bohemians, artists, musicians, atheists, anarchists, or other exotic types need apply rooms—any mundane soul unceremoniously rejected .

science fiction writer , u.s. navy officer l. ron hubbard moved parsonage; , parsons became close friends. parsons wrote crowley although hubbard had no formal training in magick has extraordinary amount of experience , understanding in field. of experiences deduce direct touch higher intelligence, possibly guardian angel. ... thelemic person have ever met , in complete accord our own principles.

parsons , sara in open relationship encouraged o.t.o. s polyandrous sexual ethics, , became enamored hubbard; parsons, despite attempting repress passions, became intensely jealous. motivated find new partner through occult means, parsons began devote energies conducting black magic, causing concern among fellow o.t.o. members believed invoking troublesome spirits parsonage; jane wolfe wrote crowley our own jack enamored witchcraft, houmfort, voodoo. start wanted evoke something—no matter what, inclined think, long got result. told residents imbuing statues in house magical energy in order sell them fellow occultists. parsons reported paranormal events in house resulting rituals; including poltergeist activity, sightings of orbs , ghostly apparitions, alchemical (sylphic) effect on weather, , disembodied voices. pendle suggested parsons particularly susceptible these interpretations , attributed voices prank hubbard , sara. 1 ritual allegedly brought screaming banshees windows of parsonage, incident disturbed forman rest of life. in december 1945 parsons began series of rituals based on enochian magic during masturbated onto magical tablets, accompanied sergei prokofiev s second violin concerto. describing magical operation babalon working, hoped bring incarnation of thelemite goddess babalon onto earth. allowed hubbard take part scribe , believing particularly sensitive detecting magical phenomena. described richard metzger, parsons jerked off in name of spiritual advancement while hubbard scanned astral plane signs , visions.

their final ritual took place in mojave desert in late february 1946, during parsons abruptly decided undertaking complete. on returning parsonage discovered woman named marjorie cameron—an unemployed illustrator , former navy wave—had come visit. believing elemental woman , manifestation of babalon had invoked, in march parsons began performing sex magic rituals cameron, acted scarlet woman , while hubbard continued participate amanuensis. unlike rest of household, cameron knew nothing @ first of parsons magical intentions: didn t know o.t.o., didn t know had invoked me, didn t know anything, whole house knew it. watching see going on. despite ignorance , skepticism parsons magic, cameron reported sighting of ufo parsons, secretly recorded sighting materialization of babalon.

inspired crowley s novel moonchild (1917), parsons , hubbard aimed magically fertilize magical child through immaculate conception, when born woman somewhere on earth 9 months following working s completion become thelemic messiah embodying babalon. quote metzger, purpose of babalon working daring attempt shatter boundaries of space , time facilitating, according parsons, emergence of thelema s Æon of horus. when cameron departed trip new york, parsons retreated desert, believed preternatural entity psychographically provided him liber 49, represented fourth part of crowley s book of law, primary sacred text of thelema, part of new sacred text called book of babalon. crowley bewildered , concerned endeavor, complaining germer of being frantic when contemplate idiocy of these louts! believing babalon working accomplished, parsons sold parsonage developers $25,000 under condition , cameron continue live in coach house, , appointed roy leffingwell head agape lodge, have meet elsewhere rituals.

parsons co-founded company called allied enterprises hubbard , sara, parsons invested life savings of $20,970. hubbard suggested money travel miami purchase 3 yachts, sail through panama canal west coast, sell them on profit. parsons agreed, many of friends thought bad idea. hubbard had secretly requested permission u.s. navy sail china , south , central america on mission collect writing material ; real plans world cruise. left flat broke defrauding, parsons incensed when discovered hubbard , sara had left miami $10,000 of money; suspected scam placated telephone call hubbard , agreed remain business partners. when crowley, in telegram germer, dismissed parsons weak fool , victim hubbard , sara s obvious confidence trick, parsons changed mind, flew miami , placed temporary injunction , restraining order on them. upon tracking them down harbor in county causeway, parsons discovered couple had purchased 3 yachts planned; tried flee aboard 1 hit squall , forced return port. parsons convinced had brought them shore through lesser banishing ritual of pentagram containing astrological, geomantic invocation of bartzabel—a vengeful spirit of mars. allied enterprises dissolved , in court settlement hubbard made promise reimburse parsons. parsons discouraged taking further action sara, threatened report him statutory rape since sexual relationship took place when under california s age of consent of 18. parsons compensated $2,900. hubbard, married margaret grubb, bigamously married sara , went on found dianetics , scientology.

the sunday times published article hubbard s involvement o.t.o. , parsons occult activities in december 1969. in response, church of scientology released unsubstantiated press statement said hubbard had been sent undercover agent u.s. navy intercept , destroy parsons black magic cult , , save sara influence. church stated robert a. heinlein clandestine navy operative sent in hubbard undertake operation. returning california, parsons completed sale of parsonage, demolished, , resigned o.t.o. wrote in letter crowley did not believe autocratic organization, [the o.t.o.] constitutes true , proper medium expression , attainment of thelema.