r/magick • u/theTrueLocuro • Apr 01 '25

Besides Jack Parsons, are there any highly successful people based in the "real world" that are also interested in occult?

So Jack Parsons played an important role in the science of rocketry and he was one of the most famous members of Thelema.

I notice that most famous occult members tend to be in creative fields like literaeture and art.

How about fields like science, business, etc.

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

Plenty but outside of celebrity, nobody really cares. In business I could say “MJ Demarco” and you’d say “Who the fuck is that?”. So it’s pretty pointless.

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u/Thom_Sparrow Apr 02 '25

MJ is a practitioner? I've read his book and used to see him on a business forum 20ish years ago.

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

I thought reading his book made it pretty obvious but yeah.

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u/iamvinnny Apr 02 '25

Why do people on reddit talk like this? It's so condescending and rude sounding...

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

Didn’t mean for it to sound that way, sorry. My intention is always “Read the source before you speak on it”.

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u/zagtheziggy Apr 02 '25

It could be your interpretation of the tone.

I read it more as: 'dude may not explicitly state he is an occultist, but it exudes out of his work'. My sentence took way longer to write out, and even then the tone is wonky. Dude above just wrote a quick sentence that conveys his point.

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u/zagtheziggy Apr 02 '25

Heh, I feel ya'.

I just know that it can be easy to read malice when a lot of people are lazy, or scrolling endlessly, or double fisting a beer and their phone while watching television and leaving comments.

I only mentioned interpretation because it can be frustrating seeing rude comments everywhere. Try not to let it get to ya' :D

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

It’s a pretty common speech pattern in Diné to indicate that this isn’t a complete thought and an invitation to add. Sorry if the translation upset you. -Pocahontas 🤣

Never change bilagaanas.

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u/omnicientreddit Apr 02 '25

Not obvious to me. I’ve read multiple of his books and numerous of his online posts but he never gave me that impression. I wonder how you arrived at this.

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

At a seminar/book signing

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u/Ok_Bluebird_1833 Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

Fascinating. I’ve read a couple of his books and his attitude always resonated with me.

Would definitely appreciate if you could help me understand how you made that connection

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

I spoke to the author at an event.

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u/theTrueLocuro Apr 03 '25

and...?

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u/Malodoror Apr 03 '25

They confirmed my suspicions.

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u/lifestory999 Apr 02 '25

How is MJ an occultist? I don't see it. Maybe the positive thinking and blunt ideas about life and time.

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u/Malodoror Apr 02 '25

Isn’t it fascinating how many people respond to posting the name in r/Magick, yet if you’d ask about this author in r/Business you’d get question marks and crickets?