CLASSIC: Sex Cults and Rocket Science: The Jack Parsons Story

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Jack Parsons was a rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher responsible for astonishing breakthroughs in his field. However, Parsons had a double life -- a private passion for the occult that led him to eventually join Aleister Crowley's new Thelemite religion, attempt the Babalon Working and hobknob with L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Tune in to learn more about the rocket scientist and real-life wizard Jack Parsons.

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