The Babalon Working 1946: L. Ron Hubbard, John Whiteside Parsons, and the Practice of Enochian Magic
In the spring of 1946 L. Ron Hubbard and John W. Parsons performed a series of magical rituals with the aim of incarnating the Thelemic goddess Babalon in a human being. Hubbard’s cooperation with Parsons, known as the Babalon Working, remains one of the most controversial events in Hubbard’s pre-Sc...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2016
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Numen
Año: 2016, Volumen: 63, Número: 1, Páginas: 12-32 |
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L. Ron Hubbard
Cientología
Church of Scientology
John W. Parsons
Thelema
Aleister Crowley
Ordo Templi Orientis
magic
Enochian magic
Western esotericism
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | In the spring of 1946 L. Ron Hubbard and John W. Parsons performed a series of magical rituals with the aim of incarnating the Thelemic goddess Babalon in a human being. Hubbard’s cooperation with Parsons, known as the Babalon Working, remains one of the most controversial events in Hubbard’s pre-Scientology days. This article sets out to describe the content of the magical rituals, as well as their purpose. It is argued that in order to fully understand these events, it is necessary to approach the Babalon Working from the study of Western esotericism in general, and the study of Enochian magic in particular. |
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| Descripción Física: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Obras secundarias: | In: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-12341406 |