Cloudhand Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Anybody know him he's one of the greatest minds of all time. Edited May 4, 2010 by Cloudhand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted May 4, 2010 You got me to Google him and I read a few articles. I'm surprised there's only a comic book and not a movie made about him. Adventurous guy, a renegade life of good, bad and very strange. Â Â Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 5, 2010 Robert Anton Wilson on Jack Parsons  Freedom is a Two Edge Sword / libertarianism / science / occultism / space program / crowley / the star within you / renaissance / meditation / psychedelics / consciousness depends on the chemistry of the brain       Very good R A Wilson is one of my favorites. We wouldnt have the space shuttle if it wasnt for Parsons and cant forget Parsons crater on the moon. A student of Crowley and broke away went on his owne, Two Edge Sword is a master work with hidden Taoism in it gets to the crust of the matter without all the clap trap. Cloudhand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 5, 2010 Crowleys Book 4 you can relate it to Zen or Tao a mental cleaning that you cant find in any writings from east to west. If you read Freedom Is A Two Edge Sword and Book 4 you will be grounded to follow any mystic path with without falling into the traps most systems have. Cloudhand Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KoHsuan Posted May 6, 2010 There is a really good book about life of this amazing man.. "Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 6, 2010 There is a really good book about life of this amazing man.. "Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons" Â Â Yes good reading. He puts these wantabees in line. Jack was a master thinker this time or any time. Cloud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanO Posted May 6, 2010 I'll look up Jack Parsons, seems like an interesting guy. Â I read Prometheus Rising by Wilson and loved it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 6, 2010 I'll look up Jack Parsons, seems like an interesting guy. Â I read Prometheus Rising by Wilson and loved it. Â Â Another great book glad to see you read it. Cloud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RyanO Posted May 7, 2010 From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons#Parsons_and_the_Occult  "Parsons saw no contradiction between his scientific and magical pursuits. Before each rocket test launch, Parsons would invoke the Greek god Pan."  That's awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 9, 2010 So much for the tech wizards of the modern age. Cloud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudhand Posted May 9, 2010 Our whole space program we can thank Parsons for. And we would never have traveled to the places in the universe without Jacks mind and experiments. He really was a exponent of Do What thy Will. Cloud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
