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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; [nb 1] October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering ...
Jan 2, 2015 · The Occult Rocket Scientist Who Conjured Spirits with L. Ron Hubbard. Born 100 years ago, Jack Parsons seemed devoted to reconciling opposites, smashing together the technical and the spiritual...
Jun 11, 2024 · Enter the enigmatic Jack Parsons, a movie star-handsome LA native and Aleister Crowley disciple who also happens to be one of the world’s first bona fide rocket scientists. A founder of Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Jun 17, 2022 · Was the blast that killed rocketry pioneer Jack Parsons, whose work helped lead to the founding of JPL, an accident, murder or suicide?
Jun 5, 2022 · Jack Parsons has been called the father of rocketry. Born in 1914, the term "rocket scientist" did not even exist. His childhood experimentation with explosives led him to co-found what would become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory before he was 25 years old. JPL went on to build the space crafts that launched the United States into the Space Age.
Jun 25, 2022 · Seventy years ago, on June 17, 1952, Jack Parsons—rocketry pioneer, self-proclaimed Antichrist, disciple of Aleister Crowley and explosives expert, whose work helped lead to the founding of the...
Jun 14, 2018 · The CBS All Access drama series Strange Angel premieres June 14 dramatizes the true story of Jack Parsons, a rocket scientist who also happened to be into something called "sex magick."
Jun 22, 2018 · ’ Taking readers back to pre-war Los Angeles, Pendle told the bizarre-but-true story of John (‘Jack’) Whiteside Parsons, the autodidact rocket scientist whose work laid the foundations for space travel.
Jack Parsons was one of the most influential figures in the history of the American space program. He was also a Marxist, stood accused of espionage, and held a deep fascination with the occult. His interest in the supernatural went far beyond vaudeville magicians and astrology.
Jack Parsons, an explosives expert, pioneer in rocket propulsion, and follower of the thelemic magic of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), was born Marvel Whiteside Parsons, the son of Marvel and Ruth Whiteside Parsons in Los Angeles, California, on October 2, 1914.
