The Babalon Working: The Strange History of Jack Parsons and NASA | TRI

Rockets and dark rituals. The Babalon Working uncovers how Jack Parsons mixed occult magic with the birth of the space age.

The "Babalon Working" refers to a series of occult rituals performed by NASA rocket scientist Jack Parsons and L. Ron Hubbard (founder of Scientology) in 1946 to summon the "Whore of Babylon" from the Book of Revelations. Parsons was a pioneer in rocketry who helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) but was also a devoted follower of occultist Aleister Crowley. The "Working" involved an occult ritual in the California desert, and the events surrounding Parsons' life, including his magical and scientific endeavors, have been the subject of books and TV series, notes Amazon.