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)
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Letter to David Miscavige: Hubbard and the Babalon Working (2009)
Dear David Miscavige,[1. Post and thread on OCMB] As you undoubtedly know, the University of London’s Warburg Institute Library has set the unsealing of the “Babalon Working” and related documents for January 1, 2010. I believe these materials will confirm what I have, after considerable diligence, discovered: that you and your Scientology representatives perpetrated and are perpetrating a black fraud upon me, and perhaps upon other people similarly placed, regarding L. Ron Hubbard’s role in … [Read more...] about Letter to David Miscavige: Hubbard and the Babalon Working (2009)
Letter: Gerard Renna (Scientology Boston) to [Unknown] (ca. 2003)
Unaddressed letter from Gerard Renna, Church of Scientology of Boston[1. Retrieved from http://www.bu.edu/arion/Volume10/10.3/Scientology.pdf] L. Ron Hubbard is well-known for his work as an author and as the founder of the Scientology religion, but less so for his adventures, including one mentioned by Camille Paglia[1. Wikipedia: Camille Paglia] in her recent article. Mr. Hubbard believed in living life to its fullest which is why he was a barnstorming pilot, a member of the elite … [Read more...] about Letter: Gerard Renna (Scientology Boston) to [Unknown] (ca. 2003)
Letter: Attorney Jeremy Malcolm to Bradley Woodward Re Defamation (2001)
Bradley Woodward PO Box 92 Tuart Hill, WA 6060 Dear Sir www.sweenytod.com – defamation[1. Retrieved from http://www.docstoc.com/docs/DownloadDoc.aspx?doc_id=974559] I act for the Church of Scientology in Perth. I refer to my recent telephone conversations with you in relation to your Web page at http://www.sweenytod.com/cos/index.html. As discussed, contained on this Web site are a number of allegations regarding my client. Taking them in order from top to bottom of the Web page, … [Read more...] about Letter: Attorney Jeremy Malcolm to Bradley Woodward Re Defamation (2001)
Book: Sex and Rockets (Publisher’s note) (1999)
In 1969, the London Sunday Times ran an article on L. Ron Hubbard's early involvement with magick.[1. The odd beginnings...] The Church of Scientology protested, and in return the paper printed verbatim the Church's statement concerning Hubbard's involvement with Parsons:[1. New Light on Crowley...] Hubbard broke up black magic in America: Dr. Jack Parsons of Pasadena, California, was America's Number One solid fuel rocket expert. He was involved with the infamous english black magician … [Read more...] about Book: Sex and Rockets (Publisher’s note) (1999)
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)