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Episode 512: Jack Parsons Part I - The Suicide Squad

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Theosophy and the Baxter's

Parsons was a man of real consequence who was energized by Crowley's talk of hidden dimensions and forbidden planes. He saw connections between Crowley's magical teachings and the work that scientists like Heisenberg and Schrodinger were doing in the quantum field. Parsons had always been drawn to the darker side of the occult, specifically the myths and legends laid out in a since discredited cultural anthropology book called the Golden Bow.

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