L. Ron Hubbard Occult Connection

I heard about a strange link between Hubbard and the occult last night and decided to do some fact checking on my own because the source is sometimes questionable. I was surprised to find that the link is a legit one and that I've been out of the loop on this connection for quite some time. Hubbard's friend and roommate, Jack Parsons, who was a Thelemite Occultist and whose spiritual mentor was Aleister Crowley wrote to Crowley the following concerning his new friend Hubbard - "he has no formal training in Magick, he has an extraordinary amount of experience and understanding in the field. From some of his experiences I deduced that he is in direct touch with some higher intelligence, possibly his Guardian Angel. He describes his Angel as a beautiful winged woman with red hair whom he calls the Empress and who has guided him through his life and saved him many times.

With his (Parsons) friend L. Ron Hubbard he conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon to Earth. They continued the procedure with Marjorie Cameron, whom Parsons married in 1946. After Hubbard stole his life savings, Parsons resigned from the OTO and went through various jobs while acting as a consultant for the Israeli rocket program. LINK

If anyone is interested in this link between Hubbard and the occult I would encourage you to read the entire entry which includes a strange ending to Parsons' life.

The Sunday Times published an article about Hubbard's involvement with the OTO and Parsons' occult activities in December 1969. In response, the Church of Scientology released an unsubstantiated press statement which said that Hubbard had been sent as an undercover agent by the U.S. Navy to intercept and destroy Parsons' "black magic cult", and save Sara from its influence. The Church also claimed that Robert A. Heinlein was the clandestine Navy operative who "sent in" Hubbard to undertake this operation. LINK

Other links on the subject:
The strangely true connection between Scientology, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and Occult Sorcery
The Underground Bunker