Western Fringe

The Man Who Sold The Moon


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Robert A. Heinlein, famed sci-fi writer, lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s. We look at the life of Robert Heinlein, his connections to L. Ron Hubbard and Jack Parsons, the Esalen Institute, and Heinlein's own connections to weird mysticism and the occult.

Sources:

Robert A Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century Volume 1: Learning Curive (1907-1948) by William H Patterson
Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius by Gary Lachman
Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder by David McGowan
"The Night They Blew Up The Moon" by Hot Rod Circuit

Further Study:
"I'M YOUR PUPPET: The Sorcerous Sinema of Kenneth Anger" by Subliminal Jihad
"Sons of Sam" Netflix Documentary
"Self Improvement" by Heidi Beedle, Colorado Springs Independent


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Western FringeBy Heidi Beedle

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