Chemical Wedding

Julian Doyle and Bruce Dickinson

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Jack Parsons was a brilliant chemist, member of Cal Tech propulsion unit that invented of the rocket fuel used for the US space flight to the moon. He was also a fanatical believer in the Magyck of Aleister Crowley the aging occultist who considered himself 'The Beast' incarnate.

In 1947 Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard were performing Crowley's mystic rituals in a house in Pasadena, California. Parsons wrote excitedly to his occult leader, Crowley: "I have had the most devastating experience of my life. I have been in direct touch with One who is most Holy and Beautiful as mentioned in your 'Book of the Law'. First instructions were received through Lafayette Ron Hubbard the seer. I have followed them to the letter. There was a desire for incarnation. I am to act as an instructor, guardian, guide for nine months; then it will be loosed on the world..."

Crowley wrote despairingly to a disciple about Parsons: "It appears that he has given away both his girl and his money to this writer of science fiction and is now invoking my ritual to produce a MOONCHILD. I am fairly frantic..."

Nine months later while being visited by two students from Cambridge, Aleister Crowley died of cardiac degeneration. Missing from his personal possessions was his magical diaries and his pocket-watch. His funeral took place in the Chapel of the Brighton Crematorium. The final rites were performed by the novelist Louis Marlowe reading extracts from Crowley's 'Book of the Law'. The Brighton Echo denounced the whole ceremony as a Black Mass.

In 1952 Jack Parsons was blown up in his laboratory in Pasadena. L. Ron Hubbard died on his yacht as leader of the Church of Scientology. But did the issue end with these three deaths? Would Crowley, as he claimed, ever return from death to rule the world? Why did US astronauts name a crater on the moon after Jack Parsons? Is L. Ron Hubbard really dead? What had been generated by the ceremony in California that seemed to signal Crowley's demise? And what happened to the missing pocket-watch?

Unanswered questions till, late in the twentieth century, Dr. Joshua Mathers brought a 'state of the art 'Interactive Suit’ from Cal Tech California to Cambridge in England to begin an experiment that, unknown to mankind, changed the course of our planet.

Author Biography:  
Julian Doyle is one of the world's most versatile film makers. He has written, directed, photographed, edited and created special FXs for feature films all to the highest standards. He is most famous for editing Monty Python films such as Life of Brian and shooting thespecial FXs for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.

Brice Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, and has sold millions of records all round the world. He has already published several books. He has his own radio program and flies huge passenger jets in his spare time.

About the Author

Julian Doyle is one of the world's most versatile film makers. He has written, directed, photographed, edited and created special FXs for many feature films, all to the highest standards. He is most famous for editing Monty Python films such as 'The Life of Brian', and shooting the special FXs for Terry Gilliam’s 'Brazil'.

Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, and has sold millions of records all round the world. He has already published several books. He has his own radio program and flies huge passenger jets in his spare time. 

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