DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

Johann Konrad Dippel (1673-1734)Germany A fact that few know is that this alchemist and theologian of the seventeenth century, the inventor of one of the first synthetic dyes, he worked in the Castle Frankenstein, near Darmstadt, Germany, not clear whether the writer Mary Shelley was inspired by this character to create her famous novel.  The truth is that Dippel spent much of his life in search of an elixir of immortality, and ironically died in the attempt to drink a potion of his invention. Jack Parsons (1914-1952)United States Rocket propulsion researcher at one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA was also a believer in the occult and black magic practitioner.  Part of the success of the space program of the United States is the work of this remarkable self-taught scientist. Friend of  the 'wizard',  English Alestes Crowley and L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics.  Parson's tragic death in a home lab cemented his legend. Oliver Heavis