The Aeon of the Child (Part 1)

Part 1 of a bonus series in which Thomas describes his research into the dark triangulation of espionage, occultism, and child abuse in the 20th and 21st centuries. This episode argues for the importance of understanding Aleister Crowley as a crucial microcosm of these factors, while also touching on Parsons, Hubbard, and Cameron. 

The perspective on Crowley expressed in this episode relies most heavily on The Vice of Kings: How Socialism, Occultism, and the Sexual Revolution Engineered a Culture of Abuse by Jasun Horsley (2019) and Secret Agent 666: Aleister Crowley, British Intelligence, and the Occult by Richard B. Spence (2008).

Other References -

Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons, John Carter (2004)

The Book of the Law, Aleister Crowley (1909)

Magick Without Tears, Aleister Crowley (1973)

Magick : Liber ABA, Book Four, Parts I-IV, Aleister Crowley (1997)

“The Magical Father of American Rocketry,” Brian Doherty, Reason (2005) - https://reason.com/2005/05/01/the-magical-father-of-american-2/

The Magical Revival, Kenneth Grant (2010)

Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight, Henry Hemming (2017)

Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard (1950)

Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, Richard Kacynzki (2010)

Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron, Spencer Kansa (2011)

The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Timothy Leary (1964)

“Scientology policy enabled years of child sexual abuse, lawsuit says,” Tracey McManus, Tampa Bay Times (2019) - https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2019/09/19/scientology-policy-enabled-years-of-child-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-says/

Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons, George Pendle (2005)

Prophet of Evil: Aleister Crowley, 9/11, and the New World Order, William Ramsey (2010)

Children of the Beast: Aleister Crowley’s Shadow Over Humanity, William Ramsey (2016)