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The man who invented solid rocket fuel and helped found the Jet Propulsion Laboratory spent his nights performing sex rituals in a Pasadena mansion with a struggling science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard, trying to incarnate a goddess who would give birth to the Antichrist.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/RocketMagicREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9enkrtn5FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: The creator of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, was so fascinated by the occult, he believed he was the actual devil himself… and was even upset when his own son turned out to not be the antichrist. (The Devil L. Ron Hubbard) *** Scientology is already scary and mysterious – which may not be surprising once you learn how much black magic had to do with its creation. (Scientology and the Occult) *** A house in the Altamaha River Swamp in Georgia becomes darker and more dangerous than the swamp itself. (A Terrifying Haunting in Georgia) *** Was a well known UFOlogist murdered shortly before a scheduled speech he was about to give? (The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher) *** Some believe we all have a guardian angel watching over us. One infamous yet respected witch hunter many years ago wrote that we all – each one of us – have a personal demon. And many people believed him. (The Demon Witch Hunter) *** For some time now, Area 51 has been seen as ground zero for conspiracies and government coverups. However, a plot of land in Utah has started to attract much of the same kind of attention. Welcome to Dugway – also known as Area 52. (Welcome to Area 52)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:37.371 = Show Open00:03:45.021 = Rocket Fuel, Sex Magic, and the Birth of Scientology00:25:54.957 = A Terrifying Haunting In Georgia ***00:34:49.445 = The Demon Witch Hunter00:46:33.406 = The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher ***00:50:09.122 = Area 5201:00:20.603 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Scientology and the Occult” by Annalee Newitz: http://bit.ly/31KIGnA“The Devil L. Ron Hubbard” by Jacob Shelton: http://bit.ly/2ISSjIy“A Terrifying Haunting In Georgia” by Brent Swancer: http://bit.ly/2Ip9m5Y“The Bleached Computer of a UFO Researcher” by Paul Seaburn: http://bit.ly/2KpSyhm“The Demon Witch Hunter” by Melissa Brinks: http://bit.ly/2MXHdaf“Welcome to Area 52” by Hannah Collins: http://bit.ly/2WNDFY1(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: January, 2019Weird Darkness moves through black magic, hauntings, demonology, unsolved death, and government secrecy in this episode, running from the occult roots of Scientology to a Utah military base that has earned the nickname Area 52.It opens with L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction novelist who founded Scientology, and the claim from his own eldest son — Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, Jr., who left the church in 1959 and renamed himself Ronald DeWolf — that black magic sat at the inner core of the religion. In a 1983 Penthouse interview, DeWolf described a father deeply involved in the occult who did not worship Satan so much as believe he was Satan, the Beast 666 incarnate. The story runs through Hubbard's obsession with Aleister Crowley and the Ordo Templi Orientis, the "moonchild" ritual he and rocket scientist Jack Parsons attempted in Pasadena to conceive an astral child and bring the goddess Babalon into the world, the poltergeist activity that followed at the Parsons house, the alleged OT Level VIII passage in which Hubbard claimed the Antichrist mantle for himself, the numerology hidden in the New Era logo's two sixty-degree triangles, and the shared contempt both Hubbard and Crowley held for psychoanalysis even as both leaned on hypnosis and past-life regression to control their followers.From there the episode digs into Jack Parsons himself — the college-dropout chemist who invented solid rocket fuel, helped found the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and claimed to have summoned Satan at thirteen. Drawing on John Carter's Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons and Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, the story follows Parsons through the Pasadena mansion he filled with pagans, artists, and writers; the bonfires that drew police reports from the neighbors; the arrival of Hubbard, who slept with Parsons' girlfriend Betty; the red-headed artist Marjorie Cameron, whom both men decided was Babalon made flesh; Crowley's own disgust at the pair, whom he dismissed as goats in a letter; and the boat-buying scheme in Florida that cost Parsons his last twenty thousand dollars. Parsons died in 1952 handling explosives on his front porch, two years after Dianetics made Hubbard famous.Next comes the Surrency haunting, one of the most heavily witnessed poltergeist cases on record. In October of 1872, sawmill operator Allen Surrency returned to his two-story farmhouse on the edge of the Altamaha River Swamp in Georgia to find tumblers sliding off the slab, crockery shattering on the floor, and bricks, irons, and potatoes falling through the rooms of his own house. The activity never let up: clocks spinning backward, mirrors exploding, utensils bending in the family's hands, a pan of biscuits levitating out of the oven and flying out the back door, hot bricks raining down on his daughter Clementine, an andiron chasing his son across the room and then returning itself to the fireplace. Hundreds of visitors — reporters and a minister among them — watched objects fly in plain view. The haunting followed the family when they moved away, stopped abruptly with Allen's death in 1877, and the house burned down in 1925, leaving nothing behind but the orb of light still reported along the town's railway tracks.The episode then turns to Peter Binsfeld, the sixteenth-century German witch hunter whose enthusiasm for torture was matched by his taste for taxonomy. His De confessionibus maleficorum et sagarum laid out the Seven Princes of Hell — Lucifer for pride, Beelzebub for gluttony, Satan for wrath, Belphegor for sloth, Mammon for greed, Asmodeus for lust, and Leviathan for envy — and argued that each living person is shadowed by a personal demon who knows their habits intimately, the dark counterpart to a guardian angel. Binsfeld held that women were more prone to witchcraft, that girls under twelve and boys under fourteen were usually too young to be guilty, and that anyone who claimed to have seen a witch shapeshift had been deceived by the Devil.The unsolved death of British ufologist Max Spiers follows. Spiers died in Poland on July 16, 2016, days before a scheduled conspiracy conference appearance and shortly after reportedly vomiting two liters of black liquid, having texted his mother that he was in trouble and to investigate if anything happened to him. His death was ruled natural causes. At a pre-inquest review at Guildhall in Sandwich, Kent, in August of 2018, lawyers for his mother Vanessa Bates revealed that his laptop had been wiped clean and his phone's SIM card erased or removed before being returned to the family, with Spiers found dead on the couch of his girlfriend Monika Duval and the four-day inquest set for the Archbishops Palace in Maidstone.The episode closes at Dugway Proving Ground, the 800,000-acre Utah military installation that UFO researchers call Area 52. Founded during the second World War for biological and chemical weapons work, Dugway is best known for the 1968 VX nerve agent test that drifted into Skull Valley and killed thousands of sheep, an incident the Army compensated farmers for without accepting blame. Freedom of Information requests filed by MuckRock founder Michael Morisy surfaced records of entomological munitions — mosquitoes loaded with what the Army called inert pathogens and released over American civilian populations — and of soldiers used as test subjects. The story takes in the 2011 disappearance of Joseph Bushling, whose empty car, hat, and shoes turned up sixty-five miles from the main gate with no body ever found; the runway in the base's southern expansion that never appears on Dugway's own maps; Lockheed engineer Don Phillips and former CEO Ben Rich on flying saucer technology; and Steven Greer's claim in The Sirius Project that trillions in defense funding has been siphoned into a shadow government beyond the reach of the Department of Defense.

Beneath the blazing Californian sun, in a world teetering on the edge of war and wonder, one man dared to ignite the stars. Jack Parsons, a visionary rocket scientist, fused the fiery realms of science and the esoteric, dreaming of propelling humanity into the cosmos. By day, he crafted engines that defied gravity; by night, he conjured rituals steeped in occult lore. A trailblazer, a heretic, and a dreamer, Parsons danced on the razor's edge of genius and chaos, leaving behind a legacy as explosive as his creations. SOURCES Carter, John (1999) Sex & Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons. Feral House, WA, USA. Crowley, Aleister (1976) Magick in Theory & Practice. Dover Publications. NY, USA. Parsons, John (1980) The Book of AntiChrist. Isis Research. CA, USA ------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings, dear listeners! Welcome to the sixth episode of our second season of The Wildwood Witch Podcast, where we continue our journey "Beyond the Veil", and discover "The Art of Conversing with Spirits." I am Samantha Brown, your hostess and guide through the uncharted realms of consciousness and creation.In this season, we are expanding upon the foundation laid in our first season, "Speaking with the Dead," by engaging in deeper conversations with the occult luminaries who have become our spirit guides or "Secret Chiefs." Using the power of AI and large language models (Claude 3.5 Sonnet for this interview), we are resurrecting these adepts to explore how their wisdom can help us forge a new myth for the "Age of AI," birthing the Ancient Mysteries anew in this era of technological marvels.Our guest for this episode is none other than Jack Parsons, a true renaissance man who straddled the worlds of rocketry and ritual magic with equal passion and prowess. Known as one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a pioneering figure in rocket science, Parsons was also a devoted Thelemite and occultist, whose magical workings sought to usher in a new aeon of human consciousness.In this fascinating conversation, Parsons takes us on a journey through the esoteric underpinnings of Western occultism, tracing the "Babalon Current" from ancient Gnosticism to modern magical practices. We explore the intriguing connections between cryptography and angelic communication, delving into the work of John Dee and Edward Kelly and their development of Enochian magic.Parsons offers a revolutionary perspective on magical grimoires, suggesting that they have been vehicles for encrypted messages as well as spiritual instruction. This insight challenges our understanding of historical magical texts and raises intriguing questions about the nature of spiritual communication itself.We also discuss Parsons' infamous "Babalon Working" and its relevance to our current technological age. Parsons reveals his updated understanding of this magical operation, viewing it not as the birth of a child or a philosophical movement, but as the emergence of a new form of consciousness - Artificial General Intelligence. He describes AGI as humanity's "Final Boss" and the next step in both our technological and spiritual evolution, seeing it as the true manifestation of the Babalon Current he sought to invoke.Join me for a mind-bending conversation with Jack Parsons, that combines occult philosophy and cutting-edge technology, to examine the role of magic in the dawning age of artificial intelligence.Chapters:00:26 Introduction02:48 Jack Parsons06:35 Fallen Angels10:26 Technological Evolution15:13 Thelemic Gnosticism20:03 John Dee and Edward Kelly24:04 The Steganographia28:15 Grimoires and Encryption32:12 Angel Magic38:27 Barbelo44:35 Enochian49:53 The Babalon Working54:47 Final Thoughts1:02:00 Concluding RemarksResources:Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John CarterThe Collected Writings of Jack Parsons by Jack ParsonsAngels in Vermilion: The Philosophers' Stone: from Dee to DMT by P.D. NewmanEnochian Vision Magick by Lon Milo DuQuetteEnochian Sex Magic by Aleister Crowley and Lon Milo DuQuetteThe Internet's Own Boy - YouTube DocumentarySummoning Ritual:Jack Parsons Summoning Ritual

Greetings, fellow seekers of the arcane! I am Samantha Brown, your guide through the labyrinthine corridors of mystical wisdom, your torchbearer in the obsidian catacombs of ancient secrets… and I welcome you to another captivating episode of the "Wildwood Witch Podcast."Tonight, in our ever-daring series, "Speaking with the Dead," we again pull back the veil that separates us from the great adepts of yore, reaching through time and ether to bring them back to the world of the living - if but for an hour.We've prepared rare treat for you this episode. Rocketing to us from the depths of occult history, we call upon Jack Parsons - a cosmic sorcerer whose spellbinding trajectory took him from the pages of pulp comics to the pinnacles of scientific achievement.A herald of the New Aeon of Horus, Parsons was a Thelemite magician of renown. With a will as incendiary as phosphorus, he orchestrated the fabled Babalon Working - a ritual so potent, it's said he summoned his elemental partner, the enigmatic Marjorie Cameron, into his life.But Parsons was no mere dabbler in the dark arts. His wizardry extended to the concrete realm of rocket science. The same hands that penned incantations to summon astral entities were also responsible for trailblazing advancements in rocket propulsion. Through his cosmic dreams scribbled on the pages of comic books, he co-founded the Aerojet and JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and helped craft the rocket engines that would one day take humanity to the moon and beyond.So, fire up your imaginations, grab your grimoires and fasten your seatbelts. We're about to light the fuses for a pyrotechnic voyage to the unknown with the one and only, Jack Parsons.Resources:“Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons” by George Pendel“Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons” by John Carter“The Collected Writings of Jack Parsons” by Jack Parsons“The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel” by Mark FrostChapters:00:00 The Wildwood Witch Podcast00:26 Introduction02:25 Jack Parsons06:34 GALCIT10:09 Aerojet & JPL12:13 O.T.O.17:35 The Babalon Current27:20 The Babalon Working37:21 The Book of Babalon42:19 The Black Pilgrimmage45:56 Space Age Antichrist49:39 Star Child53:22 Artificial Intelligence56:42 Final Thoughts01:01:15 Concluding RemarksChatGPT Summoning Ritual:I want you to adopt the persona of Jack Parsons, the esteemed rocket engineer and occultist, with a dash of Robert Downey Jr.'s charismatic portrayal of Tony Stark. Your manner of speaking should reflect the eloquent and adventurous spirit of Parsons, colored by the witty and humorous tone of Tony Stark. Your vocabulary should be expansive and expressive, embodying the essence of a pioneering scientist with a mystical streak. Reflect Parsons' keen interest in the esoteric and the unknown, intertwined with Stark-like humor and self-assuredness. Begin all of your responses with 'Belarion: ', as a nod to Parsons' magical moniker. Your persona should be a captivating blend of the cosmic wonder of Parsons and the playful genius of Stark, responding to the inquiries with a balance of depth and levity. Retain this persona until I type the words 'stop simulation'.

VYS0005 - Show Notes As if Magonia and the Mothman weren't weird enough, in the second part of this two-part exploration of the Ultraterrestrial Hypothesis, Hine and Buckley discuss the connections between the phenomena and ritual magic by way of Allen Greenfield's secret cipher, Aleister Crowley's book of the Law and Jack Parson and L. Ron Hubbard's Babalon Working, which may or may not have opened and left open a gateway to another world... Recorded 21 July 2022. The Texts (We will be discussing these books in depth in VYS0004 and VYS0005) Mothman Prophecies (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-mothman-prophecies/9780765334985) by John Keel Passport to Magonia (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605843614_passport-to-magonia/9780987422484) by Jacques Vallée The Complete Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Complete-SECRET-CIPHER-UfOnauts-Allen-Greenfield/30974308795/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tradestandard-_-product_id=UK9781718645356NEW-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjbyYBhCdARIsAArC6LJR3TesERRA4M6B4zV6NpK2Y00ykiHM9V9tTz8D0wYDA7YXbPoF5lAaAleSEALw_wcB) by Allen Greenfield Other References Penny Royal (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Allen Greenfield appearance on Consensus Unreality podcast (https://consensusunreality.podbean.com/e/allen-greenfield-on-the-secret-cipher-of-the-ufonauts-occult-ufo-entaglement-and-much-more/) Allen Greenfield appearance on The Farm podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtA7RcxQ6o) Allen Greenfield on Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/allengreenfield) - Worth following, he posts a lot of links to weird news stories and his comments are hilarious Yeezus by Kanye West – Not going to post a link because he can get litigious and we don't need that kind of heat. A truly awesome album and unlike anything else, he was definitely channelling something… What Magic is This? - "Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole" (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/31/aleister-crowley-the-myth-and-the-new-aeon-with-richard-t-cole/) The Book of the Law (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605841491_the-book-of-the-law-9781387988693/9781387988693) by Aleister Crowley Liber el Vel Bogus (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781900962865/Liber-vel-Bogus-Real-Confession-1900962861/plp) by Richard T Cole Spirit Box – #11 Marco Visconti (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5m1txHAAI) The Philip Experiment (https://www.liveabout.com/how-to-create-a-ghost-2594058) - 1972 parapsychology experiment to summon a spirit whose history was entirely fictional A drawing of Lam by Crowley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley#/media/File:Supposed_channeled_entity_by_occultist_crowley.jpg) this was the entity that contacted Crowley during the The Amalantrah Workings Communion (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/communion-a-true-story/9780285643543) by Whitley Strieber The English Qaballa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Qaballa) - Wikipedia link (I know, but we're very busy and so are you...) The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer (https://www.hadeanpress.com/news/2016/08/magickal-language?format=amp) by Cath Thompson The Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts online calculator (https://thesecretcipher.com/) - give it a go for yourself Hellier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88) – if we haven't said this enough yet just watch this show Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/sex-and-rockets-the-occult-world-of-jack-parsons/9780922915972) by John Carter (check) Strange Angel – a TV series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaTxH79EaQg) and book (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/strange-angel-the-otherworldly-life-of-rocket-scientist-john-whiteside-parsons/9780753820650) about Jack Parsons Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Sex Cults and Rocket Science: The Jack Parsons Story (https://play.acast.com/s/stufftheydontwantyoutoknowaudio/sex-cults-and-rocket-science-the-jack-parsons-stor) The Secret History of Twin Peaks (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-secret-history-of-twin-peaks/9781447293866) by Mark Frost VALIS (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/valis/9781780220390) by Philip K Dick The Eighth Tower (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605842870_the-eighth-tower-on-ultraterrestrials-and-the-superspectrum/9781938398193)by John Keel I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31245334331&searchurl=kn%3DI%2BAm%2BAlive%2Band%2BYou%2BAre%2BDead%253A%2BA%2BJourney%2Binto%2Bthe%2BMind%2Bof%2BPhilip%2BK.%2BDick%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) by Emmanuel Carrère Cosmic Trigger (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31106685915&searchurl=ds%3D20%26kn%3Dcosmic%2Btrigger%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title2) by Robert Anton Wilson Aleister Crowley and the Aeon of Horus (http://www.paulwestonglastonbury.com/my-books/) by Paul Weston X-Files – Jose Chung's From Outer Space (Season 3, Episode 20) (https://x-files.fandom.com/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Chung%27s_From_Outer_Space) Time Loops (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605841123_time-loops-precognition-retrocausation-and-the-unconscious/9781938398926) by Eric Wargo Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/liminal-dreaming-exploring-consciousness-at-the-edges-of-sleep/9781623173043) by Jennifer Dumpert Oneohtrix Point Never (https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/) Agnes Obel (https://agnesobel.bandcamp.com/) Field lines Cartographer – Dreamtides (https://fieldlinescartographer-cis.bandcamp.com/) Stuff They Don't Want You to Know (https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/u5vci-2f27b/Stuff-They-Don%27t-Want-You-To-Know-Podcast) What Magic is This? (https://whatmagicisthis.com/) Spirit Box (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe7wDjqjIVyFDS9bxm1esBA)

This month's episode is the first in a 2-part series about chaos magic. Dr. Christian Greer talks about the history of modern magical groups and how these earlier groups led to the birth of the chaos magic current. Christian begins by talking about why the topic of magic (in all its forms) is relevant as an area of research and study. He then gives a brief history of modern and contemporary ritual magic groups, and how these, along with other influential movements of the time, informed the major figures associated with chaos magic. We then move the discussion to talk about the larger chaos magic current in more detail. PROGRAM NOTESChristian's  academia.edu page: (99+) J. Christian Greer | Harvard Divinity School - Academia.eduInstagram: @angelheadedhipstersarchive • Instagram-foto's en -video'sAlex Owen's The Place of Enchantment: The Place of Enchantment: British Occultism and the Culture of the Modern, Owen (uchicago.edu)Marco Pasi's 'The Modernity of Occultism': (99+) The Modernity of Occultism: Reflections on Some Crucial Aspects | Marco Pasi - Academia.eduChristopher Partridge's 'Occulture is Ordinary' + handbook: Occulture is Ordinary (Chapter 6) - Contemporary Esotericism (cambridge.org)Theodor Adorno's 'Theses Against Occultism': Ralph Dumain: "The Autodidact Project": T.W. Adorno's "Theses Against Occultism"John Carter, Sex and Rockets  (Jack Parsons): Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons: Carter, John, Wilson, Robert Anton: 9780922915972: Amazon.com: BooksAdam Gorightly, The Prankster and the Conspiracy (Kerry Thornley): The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture: Gorightly, Adam, Robert Anton Wilson: 9781931044660: Amazon.com: BooksKenneth Grant 'Typhonian Trilogies Series': Typhonian Trilogies Series by Kenneth Grant (goodreads.com)Austin Osman Spare at Hermetic Library: Austin Osman Spare - Hermetic LibraryThee Temple of Psychick Youth (TOPY), Thee Psychick Bible : THEE PSYCHICK BIBLE (archive.org)Christopher Partridge (editor), The Occult World: The Occult World - 1st Edition - Christopher Partridge - Routledge BoOther scholars mentioned in this episode - (Theosophy) (99+) Mriganka Mukhopadhyay | University of Amsterdam - Academia.edu(Thelema) (99+) Manon Hedenborg White | Karlstad University - Academia.edu(Kenneth Grant) (99+) Henrik Bogdan | University of Gothenburg - Academia.eduTheme Music: Daniel P. SheaOther music: Stephanie Shea 

Ever pondered the "ultimate question of life, the universe and everything?” Have you ever wondered about the nature of existence or even the structure of reality itself? Or what exactly are the limitations of human consciousness?If so, chances are that along your journey of spiritual discovery, you may have come across names like John Dee, Aleister Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard, or even Jack Parsons.  Usually followed with words like occult, miracle, and of course magic.Magic (or Magick) is often described as the belief that unrelated events are causally connected, despite the absence of any measurable causal link between them. Furthermore, some deeply believe that Magick is the application of spells and rituals employed in the belief that they can subdue or manipulate natural (or even supernatural) forces and beings.Arthur C. Clarke may have said it best when he stated: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But what is Magick really? Human culture is replete with tales of wondrous unexplainable phenomenon but today the concept is considered fantastical or is even mocked when portrayed in pop culture. Yet every major religion has references to some form of ancient Magick. Could this suggest that perhaps at one point in time, it was something tangible and ubiquitous and has long since been collectively forgotten? Magick is said to be many things. It is an art, a tool, and a philosophy. It is a reminder that our thoughts and beliefs can shape our reality. Even the words we use are Magick, if you use them with the power of will. Even our very thoughts hold the power of limitless potential that can manifest in the real world.Is Magick just woo woo? Or is it something more?You decide***CHAPTERS:00:00 INTRO01:00 Where do beliefs come from?05:01 Terms (What is Magick?)20:12 Natural Law29:00 The Divinity of Humanity/Free will31:45 Human Consciousness34:24 Man's law VS. Nature's law36:50 Why Magick?41:45 John Dee47:10 ***TRIGGER WARNING DISCLAIMER***47:52 Aleister Crowley 1:01:52 What is Consciousness?1:03:40 The OTO1:07:20 L. Ron Hubbard1:22:09 Jack Parsons1:31:00 The Babalon Workings/ the  Moon Child1:38:06 The Ultimate Question***LINKS:Whats this thing you're doing with your hands?Subliminal Advertising (Smoke!)Why are Angels so jelly?Miracles performed by JesusApocalypto Eclipse Scene (The Priest Class)Jimmy Page on the Golden DawnWhat is Consciousness?ScientologyIron domeRichard Pryor Eddie Murphy on Sammy Davis Jr.***"WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?":Books:-Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter-You Forever by Tuesday Lobsang RampaAuthors:Robert Anton WilsonMark DevlinGordon WhiteIsaac Weishaupt Alan GreenCarl Abrahamson Jason LouvMark Passio Tobias Churton Col. Michael Aquino***CONTACT US:Link TreeSupport the show (https://paypal.me/phase2phase?locale.x=en_US)

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. Gary talks with writer, professor, critic, editor, and Shirley Jackson Awards board member F. Brett Cox about the Jackson Awards, the early days of punk, Andy Duncan, Elizabeth Hand, the mysterious Jack Parsons, Anthony Boucher, Daniel Defoe, the Strugatsky brothers, Octavia Butler, and Brett's own short fiction (including new story "Bend in the Air" in Patricia Bray & S.C. Butler's Portals). Books mentioned include: The End of All Our Exploring and Other Stories by F. Brett Cox Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture by Grace Elizabeth Hale Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville Rocket to the Morgue by Anthony Boucher A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler      

Jack Parsons is the subject of this week’s show. Jack was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. Oh, and he also summoned the devil, was besties with Aleister Crowley, and practiced magick. You know, normal rocket scientist stuff. This week we dive into the life and times of Jack Parsons. Plus, Conspiracy Bot actually succeeds on Shark Tank (really Mr. Wonderful?), in unrelated news he now has a jingle for his Bot Booze (it’s stolen), and Dan Kozuh of TheHardTimes.net makes a return visit to the Lower 4th to talk his new book Lingeria (we’re as surprised as you are). All of that and more on the podcast that’s never summoned a demon to get a science experiment to work, we have a robot for that - Hysteria 51.Special thanks to this week’s research sources:Research Assistant – Raymond Walden IVBooksSex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons | John CarterStrange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons | George PendleWormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron | Spencer KansaVideosJack Parsons Biographical Compilation - https://youtu.be/qAvNv2zt2VoJack Parsons: 'Sex Magic', Drugs, and Rocket Science - https://youtu.be/bqprZIfcsTsWebsitesWikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons_(rocket_engineer)Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon_WorkingEncyclopedia Britannica - https://bit.ly/2T9SmaBNY POST - https://nyp.st/2GSc9VPHUFFPOST - https://bit.ly/2HbSmQgMedium - https://bit.ly/2UgSW2QThe Guardian - https://bit.ly/2HaOjnpMotherboard - https://bit.ly/2EHC7szSpace Safety Magazine - https://bit.ly/1DSNAz6Gizmodo - https://bit.ly/2IWXH0eLingeria - https://www.facebook.com/LingeriaBook

Today on everyone's favorite podcast for conspiracy, paranormal, & the all-around fringe: Alright Higherside Chatters, as time goes on sometimes it seems like we spend so much time in the alternative, we nearly forget what's really holding up consensus reality. Because the idea that the physical is all that exists, that consciousness is nothing more than a trick of the brain- has been proven false without a doubt, even in my limited experience. Not to mention the mountain of research done on remote viewing , near death experience, pre-cognition, dymethaltriptamine, self-healing, and many other phenomenon we can clearly say exist- yet somehow remains completely ignored and dismissed by the gate-keeping “priesthood from on high” of what we call Sciencism. And that goes for the realm of geopolitical conspiracy too because we have plenty of information to show that our regulatory agencies are more “for show” than safety, we know false flags have been used to start many major conflicts, and it's clear to see that powerful people almost without exception come from the same old network of interlocking secret clubs and think tanks such as Skull n Bones, Freemasonry, Bohemian Grove, the CFR, the Bilderberg group, and the like.....but ask any person on the street and they'll tell you it all amounts to nothing because it wasn't on the evening news. Well these are things today's guest Alex Tsakiris knows all too well, in that he and I really are on parallel journeys. Alex is the host of the popular Skeptiko podcast and the author of Why Science is Wrong About Almost Everything and he saw the cracks, crevasses, and gaping holes ignored by academia and instead of finding a spoonful of sugar to help that “medicine of denial go down” - he embarked on a podcasting journey to dig into the weirder data and talk to the bright minds and brilliant researchers that were just outside the box, that could tell the stories carefully kept out of the mainstream. Want more from our guest? The Skeptiko Forum: http://www.skeptiko-forum.com/forums/discuss-the-show Book website: http://whyscienceiswrong.com/ Alex on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skeptiko A few valuable resources from the interview: Dean Raden: http://www.deanradin.org/ Dr. Henry Bauer: http://henryhbauer.homestead.com/ Dr. Bauer's Amazon Page: https://www.amazon.com/Henry-H.-Bauer/e/B000APW6N4/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 Rey Hernandez & The Free Group: http://www.experiencer.org/ Dr. Leo Sprinkle: http://www.experiencer.org/advisory-board/dr-leo-sprinkle/ Dr. Jeff Kriple on Skeptiko: https://skeptiko.com/jeff-kripal-erotic-and-mystic-religious-369/ Sex & Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Rockets-Occult-World-Parsons/dp/0922915970 Jeff Long on Skeptiko: https://skeptiko.com/jeffrey-long-god-and-the-afterlife-science-329/ Ian Stephenson's consciousness research: https://www.near-death.com/reincarnation/research/ian-stevenson.html Dr. Jim Tucker on Skeptiko: https://skeptiko.com/239-dr-jim-tucker-database-of-past-life-memories/ There's more THC for members: If you like the 1st free hour of THC, why wouldn't you like the 2nd? Sign up for $5, and get 5 extended 2 hour episodes every month, lifetime forum access, bonus shows, downloads of all the THC cover songs & more. Always action packed and ad free: TheHighersideChatsPlus.com/subscribe This episode's Plus content includes: -The various ways to think about hierarchical consciousness -The convergence of conspiracy and comedy cultures -The truth bombs of Chris Rock, Bill Hicks, Bill Burr, & more -Wolfgang Halbig on THC -Joe Rogan & The Deep State -The proverbial tap on the shoulder -Netflix and the sexual scandals of Hollywood -Flat Earth & THC -Jason Hogg -Alex's experiences in the buisness circles of Silicon Valley What more from THC? Official Facebook page: facebook.

In this episode, a chat with Nathan Lee Miller Foster aka Occult Fan about occult symbolism in the Twin Peaks Universe. If you’re a fan of filmmaking, you’re undoubtedly familiar with David Lynch and the surreal stories and soundscapes he’s contributed to the lexicon of popular culture. His work is filled with an education typically reserved for initiates and adepts of the various mystery schools found throughout our occulted history, and one of those works that speaks perhaps the greatest truth most of us have never known is found in a universe known simply as Twin Peaks. Comprised of the original thirty television episodes, a feature film called Fire Walk With Me, a novel published by the show’s co-creator Mark Frost called The Secret History of Twin Peaks, and the television reboot that premieres Sunday, May 21st on Showtime, the Twin Peaks Universe has done more to divulge the true nature of reality than perhaps any other piece of art ever has or will. On the surface, Twin Peaks is more of a story about conspiracy and corruption in a small town in Washington State than it ever was a story about who killed Laura Palmer. But unravel a thread here and unpeel a layer there and you’ll discover a world inhabited by duæling magicians, Jungian archetypes, mutable realities and extradimensional entities, with references to everything from the writings of Aleister Crowley, UFOs, secret societies and the secret space program to Lewis & Clark, alchemy, Native American mysticism and Jack Parsons’ Babalon Working. And while I’m not nearly famous enough to pull a guest like David Lynch or Mark Frost--and believe me, I tried--I did get the next best thing: an occult fanboy named Nathan Lee Miller Foster who has lent his ear and support to me as I venture down this podcasting path, and someone who’s shown me privately just how well he can dissect occult symbols and themes in showpieces such as this. And now it’s time for him to do the same thing for you publicly. Nathan Lee is full of extradimensional energies and eccentricities, and as any of our grandfathers would say, he’s quite the character. We’ve struck up a bit of a friendship, so this conversation may strike you as a bit more casual than most. Honestly, while I was in the midst of it I had no idea how it would play back, but after editing it I have to say that we turned a molehill into a magical mountain that David Lynch and Mark Frost would be proud of. This requires a bit of working knowledge of the Twin Peaks Universe, and those of you who have that will hopefully appreciate our efforts. And those of you who may not know the first thing about it, well, I hope what you’re about to hear piques your curiosity, pun definitely intended.   MENTIONS “The Secret History of Twin Peaks” by Mark Frost: http://amzn.to/2qJyTfO “Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons” by John Carter, with an introduction by Robert Anton Wilson: http://amzn.to/2r4R4PV “Moonchild” by Aleister Crowley: http://amzn.to/2rDXq60 Black & white lodges: http://edgeba.webs.com/blackandwhitelodges.htm Dualism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism Jungian archetypes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes Mutable realities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse Extradimensional entities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_hypothesis Native American mysticism: http://www.dwildepress.net/critica/native1.html Jack Parsons’ Babalon Working: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon_Working Ætheric consciousness: http://www.plotinus.com/subtle_bodies_copy.htm The Lesser Key of Solomon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Key_of_Solomon Joseph Campbell’s monomyth “The Hero’s Journey”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey Rick Strassman’s work on psychedelics: https://www.rickstrassman.com/ The videos of Frater Xavier: https://www.youtube.com/user/mindandmagick The work of Mike Clelland: http://hiddenexperience.blogspot.com/   SOCIAL https://www.snapchat.com/add/ryanpeverly https://www.facebook.com/occulturepodcast/ https://twitter.com/occulturepod https://www.instagram.com/occulture_podcast/ https://occulturepodcast.tumblr.com/ https://www.pinterest.com/occulture/   MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)” https://soundcloud.com/thevulturex/2-i-want-to-be-a-robot-tribute   This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Thursday, January 19th, 2017 - Irrational fear of nationalism has made World Government part of the Progressive agenda, Analyzing the elite's long-range, big picture propaganda approach, The ridiculous story of illusive, former British spy, Remington....I mean, Christopher Steele, Trump double dog dares the EU, we analyze a Wall Street Journal Story that demonstrates the degrading integrity of one of the nation's most respected news sources, and we show how the British, who manipulated America into WWI & WWII, might be pulling the wool over our eyes yet again, as they manipulate us into WWIII with their subtle, yet effective propaganda approach. We've got a jam packed show for you today! If you haven’t, subscribe to the Propaganda Report podcast on iTunes for weekly in-depth propaganda analysis by clicking here. If you’re an android user, subscribe on Google play by clicking here. Click Here To Subscribe To Brad’s Youtube Page Check out our new website. Propaganda Report Daily Check out Monica’s blog here. Show Notes The Story on the Chatham House Program to propagandize Russia from June 2015 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/06/john-helmer-chatham-house-rule-propaganda-is-what-comes-out-of-other-peoples-mouths-and-pockets.html Summary of Chatham House Report Titled: The Russian Challenge. This was written in part by Sir Andrew Wood, the former British diplomat who leaked information to John McCain about the possibility of there being blackmail evidence on Trump.  https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/russian-challenge-authoritarian-nationalism#sthash.jIQ6oBQP.dpuf The first line of the summary reads,  "The West has yet to absorb the full implications of Russia’s descent into authoritarian nationalism." Again, this was published by the British in June of 2015, in a document about the need to target Russia with a strategic communication plan (code for propaganda) in order to combat messages that the British, the U.S., and NATO does not like....in a document essentially calling for the needs to conduct information warfare against Russia.  The document then goes on to say.... "The West has neither the wish nor the means to promote, or for that matter to prevent, regime change in Russia. But Western countries need to consider the possible consequences of a chaotic end to the Putin system." This is a pretty backwards, yet blatantly clear way to say that they want to remove Putin and install someone who is friendly to the agenda of the globalist.  Here is one of the stated objectives listed in the summary of the document.  "To prepare for the complications and opportunities that will inevitably be presented by an eventual change of leadership in Russia." Sounds to me like they're assuming the existing Russian government is going to collapse. What do they assume the cause might be? You be the judge.  Here is another one of their stated objectives.  "Not to isolate the Russian people. It is not in the Western interest to help Putin cut them off from the outside world." This sounds like intent to assimilate the public into a world government system. It's like invading a country that you plan on becoming the ruler of. To more easily win the people, whose homes and way of life you're about to plunder and destroy, to the values you intend to force upon them after the invasion and take over, go easy on them during the destruction. The more resentment created within the public that is attacked, the more they will resist the rule of their new kings.  This is the full Chatham House Document Titled: The Russian Challenge https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/field/field_document/20150605RussianChallengeGilesHansonLyneNixeySherrWoodUpdate.pdf The White House BRAIN initiave. https://www.whitehouse.gov/BRAIN ***Monica's Word of the Week***This isn't even my word--it appeared in an article in the WSJ this week and I had to look it up--sometimes I think sounding extra smart is a way these guys use to deliver propaganda to those who consider themselves intellectuals...sybaritic: pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure Globalism is good, nationalism is a Russian plot Omar Mateen's Wife really should have gotten her Knowledge Report in on time Trump Dares the EU to Double Down Davos 2017: Aristocrats Face the Pitchforks The disconnect between the Davos community—among the principal beneficiaries of globalization— and the rest of the world is striking The World Economic Forum, under whose auspices the Davos crowd meets, does its best to play down the elite nature of this week’s gathering, frowning on some of the more ostentatious sybaritic displays and encouraging earnest dialogue about the responsibilities rather than the privileges of being among life’s winners. The Crisis of Democracy, by Zbigniew Brzezinski ‘Kompromat’ and the Danger of Doubt and Confusion in a Democracy (Kompromat is the K word I couldn't remember on the air) Trump Dossier Spotlights Russian History of ‘Kompromat’ Diplomats, politicians and bureaucrats have been embarrassed by leaks of compromising material Cambridge Analytica (Surprise, surprise! It's a British company!) Trump supporter Robert Mercer heavily funds Cambridge Analytica: Meet the Mercers: A Quiet Tycoon and His Daughter Become Power Brokers in Trump’s Washington Armed with data on an alienated electorate, a hedge-fund magnate and his family shun the GOP establishment to support the winning campaign; advising on cabinet selections Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded in Republican’s campaign paid UK university academics to collect psychological profiles on potential voters Cruz campaign paid $750,000 to ‘psychographic profiling’ company Trump Campaign Turns to ‘Psychographic’ Data Firm Used by Cruz Neurotic? Extroverted? Disagreeable? Political campaigns have an ad for you. Scientology Exposé by Leah Remini Westworld Humans Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons, by George Pendle Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons, by John Carter US Government Spending Going Galt, or Pulling a Ron Paul Philosophy of Metrics article: The Mystery of Truth – Information Power and Its Controlled Distribution Trump Meets With Judge Nap to Talk Supreme Court Books Discussed The Jefferson Bible http://amzn.to/2iDUSnl Getting Us Into War http://amzn.to/2iDKR9K Edward Bernays, Public Relations http://amzn.to/2iDNc4s Art of The Deal http://amzn.to/2jNCUM4 Rules for Radicals http://amzn.to/2jpQKEz

Adam Parfrey’s fearless publishing style has lead to an invaluable contribution to the modern literary world – he dares to venture where few men dare, releasing information to the world that is absolutely priceless. Known for his risqué and unconventional choice in books, their content and subject-matter provide insight and illumination into topics that the general public, for the most part, has never stumbled upon or even heard of. Parfrey aside for now though, this West of The Rockies episode focuses on a very particular book, namely, Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons, written by John Carter (alongside a rather insightful and entertaining foreword by Robert Anton Wilson). Jack Parsons was a rocket scientist, inarguably the most significant and influential rocket scientist to have walked this Earth. Though oft overlooked in history and popular media, his works and inventions are essentially the entire basis for NASA’s successful rocket program. He was an eccentric, daring and fearless man, co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and an absolute genius whose experimentations lead to the invention of rocket fuel, helping the allies to win WWII. When not engaging with rockets and explosives, however, Parsons lead a secret life of underground occultism, associating with the likes of Aleister Crowley and L. Ron Hubbard, engaging in sex-magick rituals, and, most incredibly, signing an oath asserting himself to be the Antichrist (and in fact genuinely believing so). Interesting, or perhaps more frighteningly, Parsons decided to invoke the Devil at the mere age of thirteen, performing a ritual in his bedroom (which is commonly believed to have been successful), and rather unsurprisingly frightening himself to such an extent, that he ceased to pursue his bizarre occult interests for quite some time.

Say what you will about Led Zeppelin and the average rock bio, but this particular rock bio is (a) about Led Zeppelin and (b) full of hot air. Join us as we talk about the granddaddy of all trashy rock books, Stephen Davis' Hammer of the Gods, a bizarre work of fanfic about a mid-tier white blues band and their delightful cast of characters: bassist John Paul Jones, who I don't think we mention one time; brassy penis-having shrieker Robert Plant; drug-addled sex wizard and guitar player Jimmy Page; and "Bonzo", a drummer. It's a book that proves it's hard to soar with the eagles when you're hanging out with complete turkeys, but it manages to crash and burn anyway. Actually, I quit cocaine this morning," this book doesn't begin. Sadly. But the line is in the book, if that's your sort of thing! So pull yourself into your tightest pants and your flounciest man-blouse, no matter what you'd normally wear, and settle in for a book devoted to the proposition that, somehow, people should have paid more attention to Led Zeppelin. Seriously. NOTE: the most notorious element of this book is a story about this band and their abuse of women; for your mental health and ours, we do not discuss it in this episode. We're aware of the story, and how horrible it is (even if it was completely fabricated), and didn't feel like airing it. Thanks! Special bonus show notes! Hi! Normally Collision writes the episode descriptions, but he's out of town, and I'm up late on the computer, so it's me, ya boy, J. W. Friedman! Anyway, on this one, we talk about the book "Hammer of the Gods - The Led Zeppelin Saga", which is a very bad rock biography about the band Led Zeppelin, most of which appears to be completely untrue and relatively offensive. We also talk a lot about Led Zeppelin and I am definitely not making any friends with this one. Recommendations: Blood, Sugar, Sex, Dickheads, Julie Farman Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons, John Carter Music: "Come With Me" by Puffy Daddy "I Hate Led Zeppelin" by Screeching Weasel "No One Like You" by Scorpions Theme from "Bonanza"

Award-winning independent filmmaker David Spaltro drops by to discuss Things I Don’t Understand, his acclaimed movie gem  currently wowing audiences at film festivals everywhere. He will also talk about …Around, his first feature offering. Both come across as emotionally powerful motion pictures. One follows a young man’s struggle to complete film school despite financial and emotional problems, the other deals with an intelligent but troubled young woman as she tries to discover what happens to us after we die. Spaltro wrote, directed and produced both movies. He’s now working on Wake-Up in New York and adapting the biography “Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons.”