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Reminds me of Jack Parsons, one of the most influential rocket scientists and co-founder of Jet Propulsion Labs and committed Thelemite occultist. Or John Murra
by neaden 5y ago
Reminds me of Jack Parsons, one of the most influential rocket scientists and co-founder of Jet Propulsion Labs and committed Thelemite occultist.
Or John Murray Spear, a clergyman from the 1800s who campaigned for women's equality, rights for workers, abolition, and getting rid of the death penalty. He also believed he was talking to Ben Franklin's ghost and tried to build what was essentially a robot Jesus.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago>tried to build what was essentially a robot Jesus Lol! I had to look this up, and indeed it’s true: http://www.danbaines.com/blog/tag/New+Motive+Power http://www.danbaines.com/blog/tag/New+Motive+Power
- tkgally 5y agoAnd Isaac Newton: “English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton produced works exploring chronology, and biblical interpretation (especially of the Apocalypse), and alchemy. Some of this could be considered occult. Also, Newton described himself as a ‘natural philosopher’, and his work is grounded in Aristotelian metaphysics. Newton’s scientific work may have been of lesser personal importance to him, as he placed emphasis on rediscovering the wisdom of the ancients. In this sense, some historians, including economist John Maynard Keynes, believe that any reference to a ‘Newtonian Worldview’ as being purely mechanical in nature is somewhat inaccurate.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton%27s_occult_studie...
- collegeburner 5y agoAnd Keynes himself was a eugenicist [1] and pederast [2]. [1]: https://eugenicsarchive.ca/discover/tree/5233e4365c2ec500000000dc https://eugenicsarchive.ca/discover/tree/5233e4365c2ec500000... [2]: Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, Holroyd 1967
- Igelau 5y agoI don't care if it rains or freezes, I've still got my robot Jesus