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'Chronicle 1 - Canon of the Philosophers' ' is an Occult text; in 1904 E.V. the notorious Occultist Aleister Crowley invoked his 'Holy Guardian Angel' who dictated to him, via voice, a three chapter Qabalistic text, a chapter per day, over three days, whilst he was on honeymoon in Cairo in Egypt, called 'The Book of the Law'; the reception of this text inaugurated the Aeon of Horus and the Author recognized that Crowley's book was a book from his Unconscious, and he realized that during the use of a Ouija Board, as opposed to speaking to 'spirits of the dead,' one is actually communicating with their brain; as a result the Author himself, in 1997 E.V. to 1998 E.V., received his own text from his mind / brain complex and within this text the 'Intelligence' actually stated that the Aeon of Thmaest was imminent. In 2002 E.V. he began hearing voices and seeing spirits - of course, to the medical establishment these were auditory and visual hallucinations, as opposed to the Author being an Occultist and evoking spirits (which are portions of the brain objectified) and communicating with them; and one such voice gave him the command to compose three Thelémic texts, and during this period he recalled, rediscovered and typed his Ouija Board discourse and within it he found three dedications, which then presented to him the solution to the meaning of the Voice - to write three books and append the three dedications to the start of each book. Therefore, the present text, of which name the Author was actually given within the Ouija text, is the verse by verse decipherment of the Ouija text itself which gives internally its own title as 'The New Law' and in deciphering the Ouija text he utilized this opportunity to issue forth his own Qabalistic interpretation of 'Liber AL vel Legis,' and the present text, in accordance with the instructive dedication given, became an Alchemical treatise. The aforementioned process of analysing 'Liber AL' was continued and repeated for the further four books the Author was to compose, but only the first three of the total of seven, being available publicly (and the further texts being better than these); this is so that it is in accordance with the Voice of the Author's own 'Holy Guardian Angel' - which he equated, Psychologically and hence Scientifically, with the Collective Unconscious; the latter is omniscient and is the 'God within' and to which the Author was to attribute the name of Satan : in Jungian terms this equates ultimately with the Self. ... Read more

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Corrected Edition (1989), Published by Special Arrangement with Samuel Weiser, Inc. ... Read more

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Highly collectable copy of "The Holy Books Of Thelema"
This is the very nice blonde sail-cloth edition of the Equinox Vol. III, No. 9. "The Holy Books Of Thelema." It was a limited edition, either 500 or 1000 copies, available only by mail-order from U.S. Grand Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis. It matches the Ltd. Ed. Equinox III(6) Liber Aleph, and III(10). I own all three of these, and they are quite nice, wonderfully bound, smythe-sewn, printed on acid-free archival grade paper. A worthy investment to your set of the Equinox. Any price under $150 for any copy of these editions in very good or better condition is a fair one. ... Read more

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Let the buyer beware...
Some thirty-five years ago, before the public rise of the Caliphate O.T.O. in California, a djinni was let out of a bottle in Great Britain.It's a cryptic djinni, an incomplete djinni, a sometimes inaccurate djinni, one that has caused no end of arguments, deceptions, debates, and misinformed fools. Such are the natures of djinni, as any careful reading of the Tale of a Thousand Nights and a Night will inform.

In 1972, certain manuscripts were borrowed from private collections and copies of others alledgedly stolen from the Warburg collection were provided to Mr. Francis X. King, a researcher of no small fame in his native Great Britain, who had, among other things previously published a collection of the "Flying Rolls" of the Golden Dawn under the title of "Astral Projection, Ritual Magic, and Alchemy" and the decidedly more racy "Sexuality, Magic and Perversion." Mr. King's motives were supposedly genuine; he was reportedly trying to provide to modern students of the occult such rare and secret documents as he was able before they were lost, stolen, or locked away in private collections and rarely if ever to see the public light of day again. The end result, "The Secret Rituals Of The O.T.O." was published in a single edition by Samuel Weiser Books reportedly with a press run of 5,000 copies.

As I said, his motives were genuine: Mr. King used the best sources he had available to him, he used the best of his considerable skills and specialized knowledge of the subject to try and decrypt the odd abbreviations these manuscripts were plagued with, the hand-written notes on some of the scripts he was presented, and he presents the documents in question to the best of his not inconsiderable abilities. But his understanding of the subject in question was not perfect, and his sources were not always complete, reliable, or of the final draft for the ritual in question. So the book in question is not only incomplete, it is rife with mistakes.

Over the years, this book has been sought out by many would-be students of Aleister Crowley, who, for whatever reasons, try to discern the "secrets" of the Ordo Templi Orientis without submitting themselves to its initiatory mysteries. Perhaps it is the case as W.C. Fields noted in his biography, that a "stolen pie always tastes sweeter," and part of the glamour is that of the forbidden fruit. Whatever. This book is a tiresome read. It's like reading a straight script of a play or musical show-- the would-be student will find it's scripts inadequate and woefully short of stage-directions, songs, or dance-steps, the very sort of performance instructions that would give it life.

Any actor will tell you: Reading the script of "Hamlet" is hardly a substitute for seeing the play, let alone for actually acting the role in front of an audience. So too it is for "The Secret Rituals Of The O.T.O." It's no substitute, and will not communicate the secrets of the O.T.O. to the uninitiated, as if that was *ever* Mr. King's intention in the first place. It's an incomplete collection of scripts in varying stages of draft, of limited interest even to most serious occultists who are not O.T.O. initiators and initiates. If you are not in either of those categories, you will probably not find what you are looking for spending in excess of $250.00 for a copy of this book. If you are an initiate, in reading this you may find some of the suprises in future degrees spoiled, you might want to only read the scripts of the degrees you have gone through, and save for yourself not only $250, but the experience of the initiatory ordeal as it was meant to be-- unknown.

(The author, Walter Five, is a 20 year initiate and former chartered initiator in the O.T.O.)

A great early source book of OTO rituals.
This book starts off with the history of the OTO and it's Templar structure. Then it delves into the nature of the degree rituals themselves and shows the comparison of their structure with modern day Freemasonry. Finally, the book ends with the full secret lectures of the 7th, 8th, and 9th degrees. This book has my highest recommendation!!! ... Read more

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Rarest & most sought issue of CJCM, this issue includes Beat: A Comment on Communications From the Aeon of Maat by Soror Nema. A commentary on Nema's Liber Pennae Praenumbra & Offical O.T.O Statement by Frater Draconis & Soror Sibuna Also What Is O.T.A.? by Frater Aleyin, The Forgotten Ones by NAHADA 62 , The Mass of Ptah & Salt (Ecclesiastes) by David K. Picklesimer, O.T.D. Manifesto by Merlinus 666 & over 15 more Articles & Poems. Staple Bound ~ 84 Pages. ... Read more

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Hardcover cloth cover/case, with softcover booklet & 10 prints. Limited edition of 93 copies each copy is individually numbered, Plus 3 Additional Out-of-Series Copies Numbered 1-3. 28pp illustrated booklet printed on quality paper. Crowley worked with two translations of the hieroglyphs on the Stele of Revealing. One he commissioned before the Reception of the Book of the Law, this was attributed to the assistant curator of the Boulak Museum, Monsieur Delormant. However there is a mystery here as no one of that name was ever employed by the museum! From this Crowley compiled his poetic paraphrase of the text. Crowley commisssioned a second translation by Gardiner and Gunn which appeared for publication in the Equinox. This publication compares these two versions with a new translation, benefiting from modern scholarship, by Terence Duquesne. Each set of hieroglyphs is reproduced in colour with the associated translations below. The booklet is enclosed in an elegant clothbound folder, gilt blocked with the title. Also in the folder is a set of 10 loose plates printed using high quality offset litho, so they do not pixilate when viewed closely. The images on the prints are up to 20cm x 12cm. The images consist of obverse and reverse of Stele with Crowley's poetic version of the hieroglyphs on the reverse; another set of obvers and reverse of Stele, but these with no text on back so that they can be used to make a reproduction Stele as instructed in Liber Al.; Crowley in magical robes giving sign of Horus with scrying stone and book titled "Perdurabo Magister" in front of him; Leon Enger's Kennedy, the Master Therion; Aleister Crowley - May Morn (painting); someone in magical robes giving sign of Silence framed by Egyptian columns; Leila Waddell in magical robes playing violin; magical drawing by J.F.C. Fuller featuring lion, snake etc. The loose plates can be kept safe in the folder but also are suitable for framing. ... Read more

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Hardcover. Large 8vo. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches) xii + 148pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. Dustjacket. b&w frontispiece. Index. Edition limited to 666 numbered copies. The Progradior Correspondence comprises the text of ninety letters and other documents that were exchanged between Frater Progradior, Aleister Crowleys Lancashire-born follower, Frank Bennett, and members of the Beasts inner circle, including Crowley himself, Charles Stansfeld Jones, Leilah Waddell, Leah Hirsig and others. The correspondence began in 1910 when Bennett wrote to Crowley seeking his advice on the performance of The Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage. It continued through the years of The Equinox, through Crowleys residence in the United States during the First World War, and on past the heydays of the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalu in the early 1920s. The exchange finally drew to a close in 1926, by which time Crowley had dropped or otherwise lost contact with most of his associates of the preceding decade and a half. A third of the letters were written by Aleister Crowley. Like the rest of the correspondence, these focus largely on the efforts that he and his followers were making to promote his occult fraternities, the A.'. A.'. and the O.T.O. As such they offer valuable first-hand accounts of the development of Crowleys creed of Thelema during this important period. The letters are highly revealing on a personal level as well, and provide considerable insight into Crowleys character and the influence that he had on the people around him. In broader terms they give a fascinating impression of the lives and activities of all those involved. The Progradior Correspondence is edited by Frank Bennetts biographer, Keith Richmond, who has also contributed a short Introduction and added footnotes to elucidate some of the more obscure names, words and passages in the letters. ... Read more

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Highly recommended.
The Progradior Correspondance offers a fascinating insight into the development of both the members and the organizations OTO and A.'.A.'. during the decade and a half that it covers. It is great to see this material available in its entirety, appetites for same having been whetted by the biography Progradior and the Beast, and The Magical Record of Frater Progradior.

The Correspondence provides readers of the earlier two Progradior titles with a fuller and detailed picture of how the long-distance relationships between the seminal founders of Thelema had their challenges and met their rewards. Rounding out the characters of not only Frank Bennett and Aleister Crowley, but also Frater Achad, Norman Mudd, Leila Waddell, Leah Hirsig, and others, the letters run the gamut from formal organizational announcements to very personal missives.

Highly recommended.


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This book also includes the Manifesto, Scriptures and English Qabalah of the Antichrist. Unlike other books about the Antichrist, this book comes from a High Initiate from prominent Occult Orders. David Cherubim is a Thelemic magician, musician and author from Los Angeles, California. He founded and maintains both the Thelemic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Aleister Crowley Foundation. He also maintains the Israel Regardie Foundation, he is an Adept ofthe Hermetic Golden Dawn, and he was initiated in Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). He has given extensive classes and lectures, he has been interviewed on television and other media, he has contributed works to various books, such as "The Legend of Aleister Crowley" (1990), "What you should know about the Golden Dawn" (1993) and "Aleister Crowley and the Treasure House of Images" (2010), and he is also the author of various other works, including "Alchemy: The Black Art" (1998). ... Read more

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Diary of the Antichrist
I think the author of this book may have a strange sense of humor, but the book has some interesting ideas and good writing.It gives off some kind of supernatural occult vibe when you read it.I would not recommend it to my family! ... Read more

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scarce and rare ed. of Rabelais with footnotes not published before or since ... Read more

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SINISTRAL. > Rated M for Mature <

Sinistral is a poetry collection unlike any the earth has seen.
During a three year isolation period, Eric Wayne penned several books of fiction, philosophy, magick and poetry, including Sinistral.
These texts will challenge the most versed readers.
Hidden numerical values, esoteric word plays
and an author teetering on the cliffs of Hell !!!

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Beautiful. Technical. Dark. Just awe inspiring.
This is the 3rd book I purchased from the author.
I loved the first two and was a little skeptical about poetry.
There is very few poems that I like, most are too simple and boring.

This collection blows my mind. For real.
Its the only time I've had to sit down with
a dictionary, the internet and my
copy of 777 (by Crowley) to even understand
certain words and meanings.
He really broadened my knowledge of the English language
and my concept of what "magick" could be.

I'm still working on decoding the hidden math stuff,
you'll need a good grasp of things like Crowley, Regardie, etc...
mine is pretty deep but these writings are deeper.

I think even the casual reader will find the beauty and philosophy
just amazing. And again, for .99 cents, Mr. Wayne is worth every penny
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Variations of sodomy, pederasty, bestiality, and necrophilia are interwoven with gleeful blasphemy in this seminal collection of poetry by Aleister Crowley. Inspired by Krafft-Ebing's study of sexual perversity, Psychopathia Sexualis, it purports to be "the literary remains of George Archibald Bishop, a neuropath of the Second Empire." Crowley's infamous first book, White Stains was clandestinely printed in 1898 by Leonard Smithers. Of the one hundred numbered copies that were originally printed, only a handful were spared destruction by Her Majesty's Customs; an outcome which speaks against Crowley's decision to invoke the blessing of the Virgin Mary in his prefatory sonnet. Crowley would go on to establish himself as a leading figure in the Western occult tradition. A drug addict, bisexual, and proponent of sex magick, Crowley's flamboyantly impious lifestyle would lead the tabloid press to crown him "The Wickedest Man in the World." ... Read more

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White Stains
Like a lot of Crowley's poetry; some of it is pure genius and some of it is a bit dodgy...

A very nice edition of an infamous work.
This is a review of the 2008 edition designed by Walter Luke III and issued through Moonglow books.This is a quality paperback edition of Crowley's notorious work.The typeface is large and easy to read, printed on high quality paper and bound in glossy black card stock.It is well worth the modest price.The poetry itself is disturbing and meloncholy and hardly the pornographic romp some readers may be expecting.It is haunting and beautiful, and strange, filled with religious imagery and sometimes blatant sexuality.Is it good poetry?I suppose some of it is.Is it worth reading?Definitely. ... Read more

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A purported holy book received by Englishman Aleister Crowley on April 8, 9 and 10, 1904 in a make-shift temple in the drawing room of a flat in Cairo where Crowley and his wife Rose were staying on their honeymoon.In this book Crowley transcribes the words of the Holy Guardian Angel Aiwass who spoke to Crowley there. ... Read more

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The Law is not for All!
Once again we see the mistake made by so many fanatical preachers and spiritual despots: they take a personal revelation and try to tell us that it applies to us as well.Sure, I think that "Do What Thou Wilt" should be the preponderance of the law.True, that this was an important event in Crowley's life and is integral to understanding where he was coming from.Yes, I agree that it is an interesting, nay beautiful, piece of prose and contains a great deal of philosophy that bears contemplation.I just don't believe a word of it. I don't believe in Awiass, I don't believe in the secret chiefs, and I don't believe that there is any meaning whatsoever in 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L.Let's just say that I am skeptical about trusting prophecies of perfect leaders who channel strange beings and deliver proclamations of universal laws from on high.This is a prime example of why Crowley, despite his importance to the development of ritual magic and the insightful nature of most of his work, is ultimately not somebody I can get behind.

On the binding/book itself
I cant comment on the contents.I haven't read it all yet, and from what I have read by others (other books about Crowely that I read to better understand the Thoth Tarot deck, I am not a student of Crowely in any way) they seem to say that this sort of book is the sort that one can only read and interperate for themselves... in other words, it would be useless for me to reflect upon it to you, even if I had read it.

Instead I chose to comment on the beauty of the book.Some people have said that the binding is ugly and I think this refers to an older version of the book.The book that I received is beautiful, bound well, and the print is clear.I think that the formating and the colors are quite stunning.I'm impressed with the look of the book.I think whatever version they bought, perhaps it is an older version, the book I got was quite lovely.

As to whether to buy the book or not... I think its up to you.If you are looking at this, you obviously are curious about it.I think, based on what I have read of other's reflections, that its the sort of book you read and take it with a grain of salt.I think that it is not intended to be a religion, as he says that quite vehemently through out a few things I have read he seems to be rather anti-religion, and it seems to be more of a personal philosophy.I haven't read it, like I said, I cant say much about it.

Simply believe the prophet...
As the old saying goes, "If you can't dazzle with brilliance, baffle with BS." Aleister Crowley had the concept of baffling with BS down pat. The closer one looks at Crowley the more clear it becomes that he was little more than a garden-variety con man. Of those who actually knew him, very few found anything in him worth emulating. Like most good con artists he was adept at hiding his tracks, but there is plenty of evidence of his chicanery for those who are diligent enough to seek it out.

The Book of the Law is, so it is said, a message to Crowley from the Graeco-Egyptian god of silence Harpokrates. Since a god of silence doesn't speak, it needs a mouthpiece; this is where Aiwass comes in. Aiwass was supposedly a superhuman go-between who actually delivered the message to Crowley. The one and only person who can verify all of this of course is Crowley himself and the reader is expected to simply take his word for it.

The basic outline of the Book loosely follows the design of a funerary stelethat Crowley's wife (at the time) had brought to his attention at the Boulak Museum which was exhibit #666- Crowley's own number as self-proclaimed Beast 666. This was all he needed; he saw 666 and immediately viewed it as a sign that the stele was of immense importance and intended for him personally. He believed the figures on the stele held the keys to the past, present and future. But Crowley was unaware that funerary stelae of this nature with similar design and text were common in ancient Egypt, a "stock" item if you will; there really wasn't anything that special about this one. These stelae were modified according to theneeds of the deceased, but the basic elements- those which Crowley believed were of unique importance to him and his message- remained the same on all of them.

What is of particular interest to me is Crowley's gradual evolution away from his original source of inspiration- the ancient Egyptian deities on stele 666- to the tale of Harpokrates and Aiwass. Writing in the third person in Equinox of the Gods Crowley says:

"During the period March 23rd--April 8th, whatever else may have happened, it is at least certain that work was continued to some extent, that the inscriptions of the stele were translated for Fra. P.(Crowley), and that he paraphrased the latter in verse. For we find him using, or prepared to use, the same in the text of Liber Legis (Book of the Law)."

This says that during the time beween his discovery of the stele and his actual writing of the Book of the Law, Crowley had the stele translated and was more or less expecting a "revelation" that corresponded to his paraphrased interpretation of it. What he actually got was a lot of nonsense. For all of his "superhuman" help from Harpokrates and Aiwass, Crowley completely misidentified two of the deities on the stele. Horus the Elder he believed was "Houdit," a nonexistent deity. Ra-Harakhty he misidentified with Amon. He also believed "Houdit" and Nut (the one he got right) were lovers, though Egyptian myth tells us that Nut's lover was Geb. It seems clear, from reading his commentaries, that correctly identifying these deities was important to Crowley. He did try but was ultimately unsuccessful. Only after this failed attempt did he "discover" that Harpokrates' message was not ancient Egyptian after all, but Qabalistic (Hermetic), a subject with which he (Crowley) was vastly more at ease; and one that can be easily manipulated simply by changing the spelling of words and names.

"Prophets" are a penny a dozen; most don't even rate a blip on the radar screen. Occasionally one comes along who is particularly colorful or good at reading trends and attracts a following. The "Aeon of Horus" has come and gone; Crowley's biggest mistake was in claiming to know what the next 2000 years and beyond would hold.

Inconsistent
The heart of Crowley's thinking boils down to "Do what you will."This is coterminous with "we are god" and "the truth is in you" and "trust in your heart."Crowley was a bit of a megalomaniac and indulged in flights of ecstasy about being the originator of this phrase, even claiming to be a better poet than Yeats.Or is it Aiwas that is a better poet than Yeats?After all, Crowley claims that this book was dictated by an angel named Aiwas.In either case, Crowley and Aiwas must be lying since Rabelais is the author of the phrase "Do what you will.""Do what you will" or "fay çe que vouldras" was the rule of the fictional Abbey of Thélème in the classic satire Gargantua by Rabelais.The many different origins of this book given by Crowley reminds me of the occultist Joseph Smith, who also made different accounts of the origin of the book of mormon.The writing is quite ridiculous.And its obsession over English 101 phrases mixed with nonsense gives credence to Crowley's caveat which can be rephrased a la Forrest Gump: "Stupid is as stupid does."Tell Nuit to put some clothes on: no wonder Crowley couldn't dictate any clear phrases.Alternatively, tell Aiwas to get some lessons on basic sentence structure and grammar."Love" is supposed to underlie "do what you will," yet all religious, especially Christians, are condemned in this book.Hmmm, that sounds like Joseph Smith too when he was told "all of their creeds were an abomination in His sight, that those professors were all corrupt" (PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, JS2:17-19).It seems trashing all that went before and making up your own stuff and claiming spirit guides as the source was the trend of 19th century cultists.If "love" is so important, this book contradicts itself.And Crowley contradicts himself since his hatred of ethnics and Christians belies "love."Quite inconsistent.And why he hates juwes, I have no idea, since the source of all his occultism is the cabala.Compare the biblical inspiration.The Bible is inspired by men over several thousand years that are in complete agreement.The heart of the ten commandments, which "do what thou wilt" is an impoverished rival, is love God with your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself.For, if we loved God perfectly, and loved our neighbor perfectly, we wouldn't lie, cheat, steal, murder, and so on.Jesus reaffirmed this to the juwes who held instead to the Babylonian code of Hammurabi "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth."Matthew 5:38-42.And the Apostle Paul reaffirmed this when he said that if we have no love, our faith and hope is nothing.1 Corinthians 13.This is what St. Augustine meant when he said, "love and do as you please."(Sermon on the Epistle of St.. John, 7:8)However, due to sin, which is lawlessness, which is violating the commandments, which is violation of the love of God and love of man and "desiring to be like gods," mankind cannot "love and do as he pleases."We don't exercise such love and so fall short of the commandments and thus are condemned by the commandments.Instead, we need redemption from Jesus Christ who will transform our hearts to be more and more like him, delivering us from the penalty of sin, which is eternal damnation, delivering us from the affects of sin, as we grow in holiness, and delivering us from the presence of sin, at the final resurrection of the dead.Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins on the cross.That's why it is called "substitutionary" atonment.The wonderful consistency of the Old to New Testaments was becuase it was a story told twice:the sacrifices and lambs blood and symbols and so on in the Old Testament were a shadow or type of things to come; namely, Christ's death on the cross.Believe on Jesus Christ and confess to Him your sins, and don't listen to Crowley.Trust me, where he is now, he probably wishes he could recant.

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This is a great text that is as odd as it is beautiful. I really love reading it, and it is both thought provoking and spooky at times. AC really should have had more commentary in this, but I understand why there isn't any. You can read it on line, but nothing beats having it handy for any time that you'd like to read or refer to it. ... Read more

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JACK PARSONS AND THE FALL OF BABALON is the first published biography of John Whiteside Parsons, who was a founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Corporation.He was also a disciple of "the world's wickedest man", Aleister Crowley.Parsons tried to use sex magick to give birth to a goddess called Babalon.(It didn't work.)Parsons later started calling himself the Antichrist, and died in a mysterious explosion in 1952.Eleven chapters, seven appendices. ... Read more