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For reasons unknown to her, she received an honorable discharge from the military in 1945. To join her family, she traveled to Pasadena, California, where her father and brothers had found work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
For reasons unknown to her, she received an honorable discharge from the military in 1945. To join her family, she traveled to Pasadena, California, where her father and brothers had found work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).


==Jack Parsons==
==Relationship with Jack Parsons==
[[File:Parsons and Cameron.png|400px|thumb|Jack Parsons and Marjorie Cameron]]
[[File:Parsons and Cameron.png|400px|thumb|Jack Parsons and Marjorie Cameron]]
In Pasadena, Cameron ran into a former colleague, who invited her to visit the large American Craftsman-style house where he was currently lodging, 1003 Orange Grove Avenue, also known as "The Parsonage." The house was so-called because its lease was owned by [[Jack Parsons]], a rocket scientist who had been a founding member of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and who was also a devout follower of [[Thelema]], a new religious movement founded by English [[occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] in 1904. Parsons was the head of the Agape Lodge, a branch of the Thelemite [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] (O.T.O.).
In Pasadena, Cameron ran into a former colleague, who invited her to visit the large American Craftsman-style house where he was currently lodging, 1003 Orange Grove Avenue, also known as "The Parsonage." The house was so-called because its lease was owned by [[Jack Parsons]], a rocket scientist who had been a founding member of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and who was also a devout follower of [[Thelema]], a new religious movement founded by English [[occultist]] [[Aleister Crowley]] in 1904. Parsons was the head of the Agape Lodge, a branch of the Thelemite [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] (O.T.O.).
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Cameron's life was brought to wider attention through the publication of two biographies about Parsons: John Carter's ''Sex and Rockets'' and George Pendle's ''Strange Angel''. Her aesthetic also influenced the fashion world, designers Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor acknowledging Cameron as a partial inspiration for their Skaist-Taylor label.
Cameron's life was brought to wider attention through the publication of two biographies about Parsons: John Carter's ''Sex and Rockets'' and George Pendle's ''Strange Angel''. Her aesthetic also influenced the fashion world, designers Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor acknowledging Cameron as a partial inspiration for their Skaist-Taylor label.
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