Marjorie Cameron
Marjorie Cameron (1922-1995) was an artist, occultist, and wife of John Whiteside Parsons. Parsons met her after the Babalon Working, an occult rite to manifest an elemental. He said that she was at his home when he returned, and he believed her to be the entity he and L. Ron Hubbard had conjured.[1] Cameron identified herself with the Scarlet Woman, as did those around her.[2] She played a prominent role in Kenneth Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, again as the Scarlet Woman. She also appeared in the films of Curtis Harrington.[3]
After further magical workings together, Parsons, Hubbard and Cameron felt that they had conceived a Moonchild, (a child designed to be a thelemic messiah,[4] as described in the novel of the same name by Aleister Crowley) although no physical child was born.[5] They were referring to a spiritual entity. Cameron said that she had an abortion after conceiving a child within two weeks of meeting Parsons, so clearly a physical child was not the aim.[6] Aleister Crowley thought that their workings were idiocy, but some believers feel that they unleashed a magickal force on the world,[7] the goddess Babalon.[8] Paradoxically, at times Cameron herself was referred to as Babalon by Parsons, and later claimed this identity for herself, saying she had given birth to a spiritual child.[9]
References
- ^ [1] Joan D'Arc, Phenomenal World, Book Tree, 2000, ISBN 1585091286, p.133
- ^ [2] Metzger, Richard and Morrison, Grant. Book of Lies. The Disinformation Company, 2003, ISBN 097139427X p.207
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W6IycFk3VZ0C&pg=PA204&dq=%22marjorie+cameron%22+parsons Book of Lies p.209
- ^ Carter, J. Sex and Rockets, Feral House, 1999, p.152
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=93Mv-1R5yskC&pg=PA98&dq=%22marjorie+cameron%22+parsons&lr= Our Gods Wear Spandex p.98
- ^ Carter, J. Sex and Rockets, Feral House, 1999, p.153
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6wVBx9yriTUC&pg=PA137&dq=%22marjorie+cameron%22+parsons&lr= Magia sexualis p.137
- ^ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBLhW_rNZcoC&pg=PA113&dq=%22marjorie+cameron%22+parsons&lr= Cyberculture Counterconspiracy p.114
- ^ Carter, J. Sex and Rockets, Feral House, 1999, p.152