Thelema

Jack Parsons was born on October 2nd, 1914 in Los Angeles under the improbable name of Marvel Whiteside Parsons. Even as an infant, his parents named him Jack. This may have been to avoid confusion with his father, also called Marvel, but…

There are names we all recognise, even if what we know about them is entirely wrong. So it is with Aleister Crowley. Sometimes described as a Satanist , and during his lifetime labelled “the wickedest man in the world” , in truth…