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Specimen 237specimen-237The Babalon Working: lab notesad53efb242 s
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README.mdThe Babalon Workingoverview
setup.mdTwelve stages over 242 seconds: January's Air workings, the Mojave, Cameron's arrival, the4 entries
measurement.mdRetinal-only neural windows during playback; recorded windows are actual model measurement2 entries
limitations.mdPrivate rites are represented only by closed curtains and elapsed dates. The ending leaves3 entries
sources.mdJack Parsons, The Book of Babalon (1946)3 sources
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README

The Babalon Working

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The fly, as Jack Parsons, follows Parsons's 1946 record of the Babalon Working across Pasadena and the Mojave, with two further flies as L. Ron Hubbard (scribe) and Marjorie Cameron.

Workstation still from The Babalon Working

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Setup

  • Twelve stages over 242 seconds: January's Air workings, the Mojave, Cameron's arrival, the private phase, Parsons's solitary February 28 communication and the March sequence.
  • Three flies. Cameron appears in the arrival and private stages and is absent from February 28 and March.
  • The March altar carries green and gold fabric, cup, book, dagger, flame and a blue-faced copper disk with a gold star; the Air Tablet is folded face-inward.
  • Five cameras: overview, altar, scribe, black box and Parsons POV.

Measurement

  • Retinal-only neural windows during playback; recorded windows are actual model measurements.
  • Movement follows a pre-programmed timeline. It is not selected by a supernatural agent or learned by the fixed connectome.

Limitations

  • Private rites are represented only by closed curtains and elapsed dates. The ending leaves a notebook and an empty box; no literal birth or supernatural success is asserted.
  • Room layout, furniture, period disc recorder, Mojave ridgelines and gestures are approximate reconstructions. No recorded music or spoken ritual is included.
  • Crowley's novel Moonchild (1929) supplies title context only and is separate from Parsons's working.

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