The Life of Jack Parsons [Patreon Preview]

杰克·帕森斯的一生 [Patreon 预览]

Otherworld

社会与文化

2024-07-25

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This week on the Otherworld Patreon, we are diving deep into the mysterious life of Jack Parsons, an inventor, pioneer of rocket engineering, a founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, and a very dedicated occultist. Parsons was deeply involved in the occult, becoming a prominent member of Aleister Crowley's Thelema religion and engaging in various mystical and esoteric practices. Parsons' home in Pasadena became a base camp for all sorts of unusual characters and people affiliated with the occult. Jack also became friends with a specific young author who would one day become very famous... Jack Parsons' life was a fascinating blend of scientific genius and occult mysticism, making him a uniquely enigmatic figure in 20th-century history.  In this episode I am joined by friend of the show Wolf Fleetwood-Ross to unravel the strange story of Jack Parsons' life. This is a 2 part series only available on Patreon. To listen, sign up at www.patreon.com/otherworld To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  • Welcome to the Otherworld Patreon.

  • I'm your host, Jack Wagner.

  • What you're hearing right now is a short preview of a special series that is coming out this week on Patreon.

  • If you want to hear that, you could go to patreon.com otherworld in this episode, we are beginning to tackle a topic that I've been wanting to cover for a long time.

  • The life of Jack Parsons.

  • Many of you may know who that is.

  • Some of you may not.

  • This is a man who has achieved almost mythical status because of how strange his life is.

  • To say his life sounds like it was pulled from the pages of a science fiction book would honestly be a massive understatement because it's actually way weirder than that.

  • Jack Parsons co founded the Jet Propulsion Lab, AKA JPL and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation.

  • He made significant contributions to the advancement of rocket science during the 1930s and the 1940s.

  • His work helped lay the foundation for modern space exploration.

  • And he's considered to be one of the key figures in the history of American rocketry.

  • JPL still exists today and it's run by NASA.

  • If you aren't familiar, you should definitely just take a second to Google it and see for yourself.

  • This is one of the largest and most important NASA facilities that exists.

  • It's in Pasadena, California, at the edge of the mountains.

  • And so for that reason, I've heard a lot about it, including a lot of strange rumors, rumors about Jack Parson's other life.

  • This was a man who was very into the occult.

  • In fact, supposedly a lot of the founders of JPL and their friends were really into the occult.