{"product_id":"sex-and-rockets-the-occult-world-of-jack-parsons-paperback","title":"Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Anton Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his short 37 years, John Whiteside \"Jack\" Parsons embodied at least several different roles in one tormented but glorious life.\u003cbr\u003e By day, Parsons' unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that helped the Allies win World War II and NASA send spacecraft to the moon. Co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerojet Corporation, a lunar crater was named after Parsons.\u003cbr\u003e By night, Parsons called himself The Antichrist when he performed Aleister Crowley's Thelemic rituals to create a new sort of human being that would finally destroy Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e In a Pasadena mansion, the dark, handsome Parsons hosted soirees for the emerging literature of science fiction, visited by writers such as Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and none other than L. Ron Hubbard, who later founded the Church of Scientology. With Hubbard playing his \"Scribe,\" Parsons enacted dark \"Babalon\" rituals to help foment a new occult age. Jack Parsons died suddenly in a huge, mysterious explosion that even today cannot be definitively explained. Was it murder? Suicide? Or just an accident?\u003cbr\u003e Feral House's paperback edition adds new photographs and an Afterword about Parsons' \"Black Pilgrimage.\" One of the inspirations for hit television series, Strange Angels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 239\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.56 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702138310719,"sku":"9780922915972","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/79f0deda0286b2ef09fdbfbf38fd8d9e.webp?v=1765023296","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/sex-and-rockets-the-occult-world-of-jack-parsons-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}