This guide covers Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons , a biography of Jack Parsons , a man who lived a paradoxical life as both a pioneering rocket scientist and a high-ranking occultist. Biography Overview
The book served as a primary inspiration for the TV series Strange Angel . Buying Information
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Outside the lab, Parsons was a devoted follower of Aleister Crowley and led the Agape Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) in Pasadena. He identified as "The Antichrist" and performed Thelemic rituals intended to usher in a new occult age.
Parsons died at age 37 in a 1952 laboratory explosion at his home. Whether the blast was an accident, suicide, or murder remains a subject of debate. Reader Insights & Reviews This guide covers Sex and Rockets: The Occult
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In the 1940s, Parsons befriended L. Ron Hubbard (who later founded Scientology). The two engaged in the "Babalon Working," a series of rituals to manifest a goddess, before Hubbard eventually left with Parsons' money and his wife.