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The OTO and Aleister Crowley's Sex Magic
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11:17 - 14:49 (03:31)

The OTO's main purpose was to raise money to keep Crowley alive and most gatherings took place in an attic focused on secret and potentially illegal sex magic practices in the early 1900s.

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The Agape Lodge held ceremonies centered around sex magic in the early 1900s, often taking place in a secret attic equipped for illegal sexual activities.
11:17 - 12:39 (01:21)
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Sex Magic
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The Agape Lodge held ceremonies centered around sex magic in the early 1900s, often taking place in a secret attic equipped for illegal sexual activities.

Chapter
The OTO and Aleister Crowley's Sex Magic
Episode
How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
Jack Parsons, one of the founding fathers of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was also a practitioner of "sex magic" and corresponded with occultist Aleister Crowley.
12:39 - 13:31 (00:52)
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Jack Parsons
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Jack Parsons, one of the founding fathers of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was also a practitioner of "sex magic" and corresponded with occultist Aleister Crowley.

Chapter
The OTO and Aleister Crowley's Sex Magic
Episode
How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
Jack Parsons became Aleister Crowley's American representative for the OTO, and helped fund the latter's later years through his fundraising skills, which Crowley heavily relied on to keep him alive.
13:31 - 14:49 (01:17)
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Jack Parsons
Summary

Jack Parsons became Aleister Crowley's American representative for the OTO, and helped fund the latter's later years through his fundraising skills, which Crowley heavily relied on to keep him alive. Their relationship was that of a mentor and mentee, with Parsons addressing Crowley as "my most beloved father" and signing his letters as "thy son, John."

Chapter
The OTO and Aleister Crowley's Sex Magic
Episode
How L. Ron Hubbard Made An Antichrist Using Sex Magic
Podcast
Behind the Bastards