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Episode 290 - Jack Parsons: The Occultist Sex-Crazed Father of Modern Rocketry

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The Obsession With the Occult

In 1928 at the age of 14, the pair had even come up with their own motto. Per Aspera ad Astra which means to infinity and beyond. Boraafnasset, no, it means through hardship to the stars. So they make their little motto together and then the two boys carried out rocket experiments in Jack's back garden. I love this. This is what children should be doing. Not hiding inside playing whatever Minecraft. Exactly. Let them go outside and blow shit up. Yeah. Give the children more fireworks for God's sake. And let them use them with their bare hands. Survival of the fittest. Ah ha. Can't we all? Tell

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