Booth, M. (2000). A magick life: The biography of Aleister Crowley. (pp. 476-479). London: Hodder & Stoughton. In the austere postwar years, Crowley had little money. His main source of income was the Agapé Lodge of the OTO in Pasadena, California. Germer, living in New York, also sent him a percentage of OTO initiation fees. [...] The Agapé Lodge was founded in 1915 by Wilfred T. Smith, an initiate of Charles Stansfeld Jones' Vancouver branch, who broke away from Jones. With Crowley's … [Read more...] about Book: A Magick Life: the biography of Aleister Crowley (2000)
Karl Germer
Book: In The Name Of The Beast: The Devil (2005)
A history of The Babalon Working,by J. Edward Cornelius. Posted with permission. Chapter Nine THE DEVIL The Angel stood on Gilead His Wings a coursing flame Two eyes of piercing fire he had With folded arms he came The Angel stood on Gilead Pure number was his name. Lt. McMurtry's stay in New York was very short. He knew right from the start that it was only going to be a brief stop over. Like many Americans, his main ambition was to go home now that the war was over. … [Read more...] about Book: In The Name Of The Beast: The Devil (2005)
Article: Jack Parsons Beloved of Babalon: Sub-Figura vel Liber Babalon (1998)
Jack Parsons Beloved of BABALON A Psych Profile of JPL's Magickal Scientist [from "StarFire" magazine, a Thelemic publication][1. V.H. Fra. B.R.H., B:.B:. (n.d. ). Liber Babalon Liber VI Publication in Class B An Holy Observer of the Babalon Bunch©. www.brotherblue.org. Retrieved 8 July 2010 from http://web.archive.org/web/19980424205414/www.brotherblue.org/brethren/parsons5.htm] "But I say that that perfect image in the heart of man is patterned by the awful lust in space-time that shapes … [Read more...] about Article: Jack Parsons Beloved of Babalon: Sub-Figura vel Liber Babalon (1998)
Book: The Beast 666 (re: how to attract an elemental) (1997)
In the spring of 1945, Parsons met a new aspirant to the Great Work, a young man called Ron Hubbard. Hubbard's magical potential was very great and he made a considerable impression upon the members of Agape Lodge, especially on Betty, the mistress of Dr Parsons; she soon found herself sleeping with him. Frater 210 (Dr Parsons) was not unduly upset about this; for he had decided to follow even more closely in the Beast's footsteps and find, by magical means, a Scarlet Woman, his own true … [Read more...] about Book: The Beast 666 (re: how to attract an elemental) (1997)
Book: The Beast 666 (re: moon child; homunculus; lunar intelligence) (1997)
The Beast was rarely lacking in creativeness; and in the spring of 1917, he turned out in rapid succession essays, and short stories about a detective called 'Simon Iff'. He ascribed his creative ability at this time to the stimulating effect of the old quarter of New Orleans where he was living. 'I wrote day and night continuously — poems, essays and short stories.' He also tried his hand at a longish novel called The Net or The Butterfly Net, the butterfly being the ancient Chinese symbol for … [Read more...] about Book: The Beast 666 (re: moon child; homunculus; lunar intelligence) (1997)
Book chapter: Black Magic ‘n Betty: Sub-Figura vel Liber Babalon (1997)
Chapter Seven Black Magic and Betty[1. V.H. Fra. B.R.H., B:.B:. (n.d. ). Liber Babalon Liber VI Publication in Class B An Holy Observer of the Babalon Bunch©. www.brotherblue.org. Retrieved 8 July 2010 from http://web.archive.org/web/19980424210004/www.brotherblue.org/brethren/hubbard6.htm], [1. Excerpt from Barefaced Messiah: http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/bfm/bfmconte.htm] "Hubbard broke up black magic in America... because he was well known as a writer and philosopher and … [Read more...] about Book chapter: Black Magic ‘n Betty: Sub-Figura vel Liber Babalon (1997)