Jack Parsons
The Explosive Imagination of John Whiteside 'Jack' Parsons (Frater Belarion)
Writings
- I height Don Quixote, I live on Peyote, Oriflamme, February 21, 1943
- The Book of Babalon January 4 – March 4, 1946 EV
- Liber 49 (received wisdom, in the Book of Babalon)
- The Birth of Babalon (poem, in the Book of Babalon)
- The Manifesto of the Antichrist (in The Book of the Antichrist)
- Analysis by a Master of the Temple of the Critical Nodes in the Experience of his Material Vehicle
See also, elsewhere:
- We are the Witchcraft, excerpt from Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword
- The Woman Girt with a Sword, excerpt from Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword
- Correspondence between Jack Parsons and His 'Elemental' Marjorie Cameron, Edited by Cameron and Hymenaeus Beta
Articles
- Strange suppers & spells diverse: Jack Parsons & the origins of The Witchcraft by Alkistis, Scarlet Imprint, Oct 2015
- Jack Parsons, Babalon, Witchcraft, Scarlet Imprint blog
- Jack Parsons and The Curious Tale of Rocketry in the 1930s by George Pendle, The Naked Scientists Mar 2006
- The Magical Father of American Rocketry: Jack parsons, burning out his fuel up there alone by Brian Doherty, Reason May 2005
- Jack Parsons and the Fall of Babylon by Paul Rydeen, reviewed by Adam Gorightly
- Jack Parsons: The Magickal Scientist, The Excluded Middle #6
- Aleister Crowley: The Midnight Messenger by Mike Culkin, Paranoia Magazine
- Jack Parsons: Beloved of BABALON: A Psych Profile of JPL's Magickal Scientist by Michael Staley [originally from “StarFire” magazine, a Thelemic publication]
- John Whiteside Parsons: Anti-Christ Superstar by Richard Metzger
- The Sorcerous Scientist by Douglas Chapman, Strange Magazine #6
- The Babalon Working by Alexander Mitchell, Insight Magazine #15
- THE BLACK PILGRIMAGE by ROSEMARY PARDOE & JANE NICHOLLS from Ghosts & Scholars 26
- Jack Parsons: King of the Rocket Men by Colin Bennett, illustrated by Kieron Dwyer, from Fortean Times #132
You may also wish to follow the 'Jack Parsons' tag at the Hermetic Library blog.
Books
 | Songs for the Witch Woman by John W Parsons and Marjorie Cameron, with commentary by William Breeze, George Prendle and Margaret Haines |
 | Freedom is a Two-Edged Sword and Other Essays, Oriflamme 1 |
 | Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter, introduction by Robert Anton Wilson |
 | Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle |
 | Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron by Spencer Kansa |
| Bibliography and Research Guide to the Life and Works of John W. "Jack" Parsons has been delayed “due to the decision to include details of surviving Parsons manuscript material, a cache of which was recently discovered. At this stage no date is set for its release, but it will likely be some time in 2011.” via | |
 | Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright |
Other resources
Caltech TACIT's production of Pasadena Babalon: The World of Jack Parsons by George Morgan, staged by Theater Arts at the California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena Babalon: The world of Jack Parsons, on stage at Caltech by Evelyn Barge
- Pasadena Babalon: Jack Parsons and the Dark Side by Lisa Derrick
Craig Baldwin’s film Mock Up on Mu, “a feature-length 'collage-narrative' based on (mostly) true stories of California's post-War sub-cultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles.”
The Marvel: Sex, Magic and Rocket Science by Richard Carbonneau and Robin Simon